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Institutions & ETFs · 1 min read

Qapture Launches Institutional Stablecoin Yield Vault With RIA Access

Managed by 3iQ founder Frederick Pye's firm, QHVN-USD targets DeFi stablecoin pools with SEC-registered adviser distribution.

Editorial oversight: Julian Mercer, Chief Editor
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$USDT $0.9988 +0.0%

At a glance Announced

What happened
Qapture Investments launched the QHVN-USD vault, offering institutional stablecoin yield across DeFi pools with access via US RIA Protocol Wealth.
Why it matters
The product provides a compliant, managed structure for family offices and institutional treasuries to access decentralized yields without managing on-chain wallets.
Who is affected
Institutional investors, family offices, and eligible advisory clients of Denver-based RIA Protocol Wealth.
Takes effect
2026-11-03
What's next
Qapture plans to launch additional institutional-grade investment strategies on its vault platform.
Primary source
PR Newswire: /R E I S S U E - Qapture Investments/

Key points

  • Qapture Investments launched the QHVN-USD vault to deploy USD stablecoins into DeFi liquidity pools.
  • Denver-based RIA Protocol Wealth will offer the strategy to eligible US advisory clients.
  • The vault stack integrates Fordefi MPC wallets, Midas token issuance, 1Token NAV accounting, and Nemean key recovery.

Bermuda-based digital asset manager Qapture Investments Ltd. announced the launch of its Qapture Safe Haven Vault (QHVN-USD) on Nov. 3 1. Managed by Qapture Investments (BVI) Ltd. and led by 3iQ Corp. founder Frederick Pye, the product offers qualified institutions, family offices, and accredited investors an on-chain strategy to generate yields from USD-backed stablecoins 1. At the time of writing, stablecoin benchmark $USDT hovered flat at $0.9984 amid a broader market capitalization of $2.60 trillion.

The vault provides liquidity to major USD stablecoin pools on established decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms under predefined risk limits 1. The structure operates as a separately managed account (SMA) under smart contracts deployed via Qapture's vault portal 1. It incorporates mandatory KYC/KYB onboarding checks, restricts withdrawals outside an approved list of addresses, and publishes net asset values (NAV) on a daily schedule 1. For qualified US investors, Denver-based registered investment adviser (RIA) Protocol Wealth will offer access through traditional wealth management relationships subject to client suitability checks 1.

Institutional Infrastructure Stack

To bridge decentralized execution with institutional compliance, Qapture partnered with several specialized infrastructure vendors 1:

  • Vault Administration: Midas (Aegis Labs) provides white-label vault mechanics, token issuance, and oracle pricing, while 1Token delivers portfolio reporting and daily NAV accounting 1.
  • Custody and Governance: Fordefi provides multi-party computation (MPC) wallet architecture and transaction policy engines to restrict fund routing 1.
  • Security and Recovery: Nemean Services acts as an independent key holder for disaster recovery, while Hypernative supplies real-time threat monitoring 1.

The initiative reflects an ongoing push by institutional managers to wrap decentralized yield mechanics into compliant asset-management structures, mirroring broader trends seen as firms expand access to tokenized financial instruments like Securitize's tokenized stocks 1. Qapture indicated that QHVN-USD represents its foundational product, with plans to introduce further on-chain strategies over time 1.

Sources

  1. [1] /R E I S S U E - Qapture Investments/ — PR Newswire, November 3, 2026

Written by Basis Desk's newsroom system from the primary sources above and machine-verified against them before publication. Market figures marked "at the time of writing" come from live exchange data. Report an error: corrections@basisdesk.news · corrections policy.

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