Who curates, who settles, who allocates.
Every mandate names an independent curator and the infrastructure it settles on. Allocators are described by segment only: identities are disclosed to issuers at allocation under the engagement letter, never published.
Curators
Select and manage vault positions and risk parameters. Named on every mandate.
Vault infrastructure
Where deposits settle. Yield Network is infrastructure-agnostic; the mandate names the venue.
Verification and data
Third parties that verify positions, compute rewards, or supply the metrics shown on listings.
Allocator network
By segment, and what each one looks for, so issuers can see where a mandate fits before a conversation.
| Segment | What they look for |
|---|---|
Crypto-native funds | Curated structures with a named curator, lockups they can assess, monthly reporting. |
Liquidity desks | Daily or weekly liquidity, benchmark-plus yield, large single tickets. |
Family offices | Tokenized credit and money-market exposure, longer lockups acceptable, KYB-ready. |
DAO treasuries | Chain-native programs, epoch-based terms, onchain-verifiable positions. |
Private syndicates | Pre-launch access, capped rounds, clear attribution of their own allocations. |
Curators as allocators | Vaults they can seed and curate, first-depositor economics. |
Yield Network does not publish its allocator list. Allocator identities are disclosed to the issuer only once an allocation is confirmed. US persons are screened per program.
Affiliated entity
Y10k Capital, Inc. operates the Y10k vaults and supplies seed and anchor liquidity to selected programs. It is a separate company under common ownership with Yield Network. Allocation decisions within the Y10k vaults are made by an independent third-party curator, RockawayX. Where Y10k is involved in a program listed here, the listing says so.