Securitize Launches Institutional DeFi Strategy with ACRED on Polygon

Securitize announced a new chapter for institutional DeFi by partnering with Gauntlet to deploy a Real World Assets (RWA) strategy on the Polygon network. The initiative enables holders of the Apollo Diversified Credit Securitize Fund (ACRED) token to access enhanced yields through an automated, risk-managed vault. Powered by Morpho, the vault allows investors to use ACRED as collateral, borrow USDC, and reinvest in ACRED, thereby looping their yield under a quantitative risk framework curated by Gauntlet. This deployment represents one of the first major institutional applications of sTokens introduced by Securitize, following its initial collaboration with Apollo in January 2025 to tokenize investment opportunities in a diversified global credit fund. By bridging traditional finance with decentralized protocols, the platform aims to offer yield strategies that are competitive with, and in some cases superior to, traditional stablecoin methods.