ETH+ Alpha DeFi Yield Strategy

Last update: Aug 4, 2025

Bracket is pleased to present the ETH+ Alpha DeFi DeFi Yield Strategy by Boreal. This vault is an upgrade to the inital ETH+ DeFi Yield 10% target rate strategy. Administrator: Boreal Deposits: Daily Withdrawals: Weekly (t+7) About the Strategy: The strategy deploys to vetted DeFi protocols seeking risk-adjusted ETH-denominated yields. When appropriate, the strategy will borrow stablecoins against ETH to generate dollar denominated yields and continually purchase ETH to maintain 1:1 parity. Its objective is to generate market-neutral returns in DeFi by capitalizing on yield opportunities while managing risk and limiting exposure to market volatility.

The administrator employs investment strategies adapted from traditional finance, such as liquidity provision, futures basis, yield arbitrage, and tactical leverage, to build robust systems designed to generate desirable risk-adjusted returns.

The approach focuses on leading Layer-1 and Layer-2 blockchains and protocols and relies on extensive risk management expertise developed over multiple market cycles, ensuring strong performance and security.

Vault Token Symbol (a-token)

brETH

Deposit assets supported

wETH

Fees:

Fee type
Fee
Notes

Performance

15%

Must exceed water mark for positive return

TVL

1.0%

Bracket platform flat fee

Source of yield:

  • Liquidity provisioning Identify the highest risk-adjusted yield opportunities by providing liquidity to leading decentralized exchanges and protocols

  • Futures basis Decentralized perps offer a basis premium to CeFi futures, while providing the opportunity to earn additional yield vs holding the spot

  • Yield arbitrage Risk infrastructure that maximizes capital efficiency safely via inexpensive tactical leverage against yield-bearing collateral

  • Special situations Actively seeks out opportunities to earn competitive yield while betting against assets with flawed fundamentals (eg, stablecoin depeg)

Enforced Capabilities: Policy Managed Wallet Address: 0x8C2527051D0E98ad09211749FafbE1Aa590c01B3 Funds movement is limited by the Bracket Protector for MPC wallets, the Policy Managed Wallet, with Bracket Platform serving as a policy administrator. Neither Bracket nor the fund manager/advisor can unilaterally withdraw funds out of this wallet. Funds are non-custodial and limited to the following protocols, assets, and bridges: Chains: Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Polygon, Optimism, Sonic Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs)

The strategy leverages top DEXs to enable efficient asset swapping, liquidity provision, and yield opportunities:

  • Uniswap v3: Versatile DEX with concentrated liquidity

  • 1inch: Aggregates rates across DEXs for optimal pricing

  • Curve & Convex: Specialized in stablecoin trading with efficient liquidity

  • Balancer: Provides flexible liquidity pools

  • Aerodrome: Enhances liquidity and trading capabilities

  • Pendle: Tokenizes and enables trading of future yield

  • Umami: Focuses on providing sustainable and real yield strategies for DeFi users

  • Yieldnest: Enables cross-platform yield optimization by aggregating liquidity opportunities

  • Spectra: Integrates AI-powered optimization for liquidity provision and trading efficiency

Lending and Borrowing Protocols

The strategy optimizes capital efficiency by employing robust lending and borrowing protocols:

  • AAVE & Compound: Trustless lending and borrowing platforms

  • Morpho Blue: Enhances peer-to-peer lending efficiency

  • Dolomite: Combines lending with margin trading

  • Frax Lend: Focused on stablecoin lending

  • Moonwell: Decentralized lending and borrowing protocol native to the Base network, optimized for security and scalability

  • Silo Finance: A decentralized lending protocol that creates isolated lending markets to minimize risk between assets

  • Euler: A non-custodial DeFi lending protocol that enables permissionless borrowing and lending with innovative risk management

Leverage and Advanced Lending

The strategy incorporates advanced tools for leveraging positions and unique borrowing solutions:

  • Gearbox: Offers composable leverage solutions

  • Contango: Enables fixed-income and forward trading strategies

  • Beets (Beethoven X): A decentralized investment and trading platform built on Balancer, offering customizable liquidity pools and yield opportunities

Cross-Chain Bridges

The strategy integrates various cross-chain bridges:

  • Stargate, Optimism Bridge, Base Bridge, Avalanche Core Bridge: Secure and efficient cross-chain solutions

  • Debridge & Across: Fast bridges for low-latency transfers

  • CCTP: Circle-powered stablecoin transfers

  • Superbridge & Arbitrum Bridge: Flexible bridging options

Supported Assets

The strategy supports a wide range of assets for liquidity, stability, and innovation:

  • LSTs (Liquid Staking Tokens): stETH, wstETH, rETH, weETH, sfrxETH, cbETH, WBETH, METH, pufETH, liquidberaETH, ynETHx, stS, scETH, scUSD

  • Ethereum-Based Tokens: ETH, wETH.

  • Stablecoins: USDC, DAI, USDT, FRAXBP, TUSD, GUSD, LUSD, PYUSD, sDAI, USDS, USDe, USD0, crvUSD, USDR.

  • Other Lending/borrow assets: mwETH, GMWETH, Pendle PT

  • Other Native Tokens: OS, S

  • Other Wrapped Assets: wBTC: A wrapped version of Bitcoin for DeFi use cases on Ethereum, wOS, wS

Blockchain Networks

The strategy ensures interoperability by utilizing multiple blockchain networks: Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Avalanche, Sonic

Enforced Deposit and Withdrawal Policies: Note that withdrawals are locked during the NAV update period, daily 2pm EDT + ~2hrs.

Action Type
Cutoff

Deposit Request

Daily, submit prior to 18:00 UTC (2:00pm EDT)

Deposit Processed

18:00 UTC (2:00pm EDT) + ~2hrs

Withdrawal Request

Submit prior to 18:00 UTC (2:00pm EDT)

Withdrawal Processed

Daily requests, but rolling weekly schedule. Submit prior to 18:00 UTC, (2:00pm EDT); available 7 days later + ~2hrs for processing

Initial Calendar Example

Action type
Date/Cutoff
Notes

Initial Deposit Request

Aug 11th 18:00 (2:00pm EDT) + ~2hrs

Begins accepting deposits

Deposit Processed

Aug 11th 18:00 (2:00pm EDT) + ~2hrs

Cutoff by which time you need to deposit

First Withdrawal Request

>August 11th 18:00 (2:00pm EDT) + ~2hrs

Cutoff to request withdrawal

First Withdrawal Processed

August 18th 18:00 (2:00pm EDT) + ~2hrs. Reminder this is a 7 day rolling weekly schedule

When withdrawals will be processed and claimable. You'll have to manually claim on platform

Disclaimer: Dates listed above may be subject to change with or without notice. Supported assets, wallets, and/or protocols may be updated in line with Changing A Vault's Investment Policy rules. *Target rate for the vault is illustrative and the reported rate will depend on actual performance. Eligible users only, please see Terms and Conditions for more information.

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