Crypto Vaults Just Got a Wall Street Makeover-How Upshift & Securitize Will Blow Your Mind

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Upshift Taps Securitize for Independent Reporting on Crypto Vault Operations

Upshift now includes reporting from Securitize, which will help make DeFi more transparent and attract more investment from larger institutions.

More and more institutions are exploring ways to earn returns with cryptocurrencies, but the rules for reporting those earnings haven’t kept up. Many crypto platforms lack independent verification, making it hard to see exactly how funds are being used and creating accountability issues. This makes large investors cautious, even though crypto adoption is growing. A new collaboration between Upshift and Securitize seeks to bring standard financial reporting practices to the world of onchain finance.

Securitize Brings Fund Administration Standards to Upshift’s Crypto Vaults

Upshift and Securitize Fund Services are working together to provide trustworthy, third-party reporting for how crypto vaults are managed. This partnership brings standard financial reporting practices to an area that usually depends on information from within the crypto system itself.

Securitize will now offer fund administration services to help those managing and offering yield products provide accurate performance reports to investors. This includes comprehensive investor records and tax documents – things that have often been lacking in the decentralized finance space.

Institutional fund administration is coming to onchain vaults.

Securitize Fund Services is collaborating with a partner to provide curators and depositors with clear, independent reports, transparent allocation details, and data that’s ready for audits – a first for the industry.

— Securitize (@Securitize)

This update builds on Securitize’s existing system for linking vault holdings to confirmed investor identities. By adding fund administration, the platform now allows for independent verification of both who owns an asset and the returns they’ve earned.

This is the first time on-chain vaults have directly connected with traditional fund administration services. Increased demand for more sophisticated vault strategies is already driving companies like Paxos Labs and Tesseract to create solutions that meet regulatory requirements.

Transparency Push Gains Ground as Securitize Targets Reporting Gaps in DeFi

Upshift works with several blockchain networks like Solana, Stellar, and XRP. Last year, the platform reached a high of $550 million in assets, showing that more people are using its carefully selected investment options.

Mikhail Davidyan, from Securitize, explains that onchain vaults are already operating much like traditional investment funds. The main thing holding back larger institutions from joining is a lack of standard reporting. He believes independent verification would solve this problem and encourage wider participation.

From my perspective, we’re seeing a significant shift in how capital is being deployed on the blockchain, with curated vaults becoming increasingly popular. Upshift’s Aya Kantarovich highlighted this trend, and importantly, noted that better transparency within these vaults is crucial for institutions to satisfy both their internal reporting needs and stricter regulatory demands. We’re also observing traditional finance firms like Securitize actively building out the infrastructure to support institutional crypto adoption, as evidenced by their proposed merger with Cantor Equity Partners II. This move suggests a growing convergence between the innovation of DeFi and the established expectations of traditional financial reporting.

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2026-04-22 21:31