Upshift

Access curated yield strategies through Upshift vaults

What this yield is

• Protocol: Upshift Finance
• Asset: USDC, WETH, USDT, AUSD, BTC derivatives, and more
• Receipt token: Vault shares (e.g., earnAUSD)
• Additional rewards: Upshift Points
• Networks: Ethereum, Monad, HyperEVM, Plasma, BNB Chain, Base

Upshift offers curated, actively managed vault strategies including stablecoin yields, ETH/LST strategies, and BTC products. Vaults are managed by various curators targeting different risk/return profiles.

Required inputs

Parameter	Description
yieldId	The specific Upshift vault yield ID
address	User’s wallet address
amount	Amount to deposit

Vault categories

Stablecoin

Stable yield strategies

• Upshift USDC, Core USDC, Edge USDC
• Alpine USDC Flagship, Wildcat USD
• LiquityV2 airdrop farming

ETH / LST / LRT

ETH-based strategies

• Upshift ETH Optimizer, High Growth ETH
• TAC tETH, Kelp TAC vaults
• Treehouse Growth strategies

BTC

Bitcoin strategies

• Lombard LBTC vaults
• Upshift BTC, Hyperbeat Ultra uBTC
• Institutional BTC bridges

Actions & lifecycle

Enter

Action: Deposit into Upshift vault

• Supply the underlying asset
• Receive vault share token
• Begin accruing yield automatically

Exit

Action: Withdraw from vault

• Request withdrawal
• Some vaults have instant withdrawal
• Others have a curator-set withdrawal period
• Assets transferred back after period completes

Example flow

1. Get yield metadata

   Fetch available Upshift vaults and their current rates.

2. Enter position

   Call the enter action with your deposit amount.

3. Sign & submit

   Sign the transaction and broadcast to the network.

4. Track balances

   Monitor your position via the balances endpoint.

Get yield metadata

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.yield.xyz/v1/yields/ethereum-usdc-0xe9b725010a9e419412ed67d0fa5f3a5f40159d32-upshift-vault' \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <API_KEY>'

Operational notes

Withdrawal periods

Different vaults have varying withdrawal behaviors. Some are instant, others have curator-set periods. Check vault metadata for specifics.

Upshift Points

Users earn Upshift Points on top of vault yields.

Curator strategies

Vaults are managed by partners like K3, Kelp, Ethena, Sienna, Resolv, and more.

Yield IDs for this protocol

Show Upshift yield IDs (partial list)

Yield ID pattern: {network}-{asset}-{address}-upshift-vault or -upshift-multi-asset-vault

Ethereum

Yield ID	Name
ethereum-weth-0xb78daf3fd674b81ebeaaa88d711506fa069e1c5e-upshift-vault	Upshift ETH Optimizer
ethereum-usdc-0xe9b725010a9e419412ed67d0fa5f3a5f40159d32-upshift-vault	Upshift Core USDC
ethereum-usdc-0xeaa3b922e9febca37d1c02d2142a59595094c605-upshift-vault	Upshift Edge USDC
ethereum-usdc-0xd066649bcb7d8d3335fe29cad0aed6e17d5828b5-upshift-vault	Alpine USDC Flagship

Monad

Yield ID	Name
monad-ausd-0xd793c04b87386a6bb84ee61d98e0065fde7fda5e-upshift-vault	Savings AUSD
monad-ausd-0x36edbf0c834591bfdfcac0ef9605528c75c406aa-upshift-multi-asset-vault	earnAUSD

HyperEVM

Yield ID	Name
hyperevm-ubtc-0xc061d38903b99ac12713b550c2cb44b221674f94-upshift-vault	Hyperbeat Ultra uBTC
hyperevm-whype-0x96c6cbb6251ee1c257b2162ca0f39aa5fa44b1fb-upshift-vault	Hyperbeat Ultra HYPE

Full list contains 20+ vaults across networks.

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