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London, United Kingdom, April 29th, 2026, ChainwireAltura, the institutional yield strategies vault built on HyperEVM and led by an ex-Fidelity and PwC team, today announced the launch of an AVLT / USDT0 lending market on Morpho.
The integration marks the first time AVLT vault shares can be used directly as collateral to borrow stablecoins within a permissionless lending protocol, allowing holders to access USDT0 liquidity without exiting their yield position.
"AVLT was designed to put institutional yield strategies within reach of every investor. This integration with Morpho takes that a step further -- holders can now borrow against their position without sacrificing the yield working underneath it. That is a level of capital efficiency that simply did not exist for this type of asset before,” said Ranveer Arora - Co-Founder & CEO at Altura DeFi.
Indicative rates at launch are approximately 12.25% APY for lending and approximately 14.25% on borrowing.
AVLT as productive collateralThe Morpho integration changes the role AVLT plays in DeFi. Until now, holders generated yield passively by holding vault shares. With this market open, AVLT becomes collateral inside a permissionless lending venue, enabling holders to borrow USDT0 against their position while the underlying vault strategies continue to compound. Capital that was previously locked in yield generation can now be deployed elsewhere without the holder redeeming their Altura position.
Morpho's permissionless architecture supports isolated markets with custom risk parameters, making it particularly suited to structured asset classes like AVLT.
Unlocking Liquidity From Yield Positions Altura is a multi-strategy yield protocol designed to deliver sustainable, blue-chip grade returns through a single unified vault. Users deposit USDC or USDT from HyperEVM, Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, and receive AVLT, the protocol's yield-bearing vault share token.
Yield accrues automatically via a rising price-per-share model, meaning holders do not need to claim or manage positions manually.
The protocol allocates capital across a diversified set of non-directional and asset-backed trading strategies, including market making, funding rate and basis arbitrage, staking yield capture, structured liquidity provision and gold RWA strategy.
A distinctive component to Altura is a real-world asset strategy, which generates returns through short-cycle physical gold arbitrage facilitated by its trading partners. A mechanism that was historically used by institutional commodities desks but had been effectively closed to smaller investors due to high capital requirements and counterparty complexity.
The architecture emphasises institutional-grade yield generation with layered security measures. Rather than relying on inflationary token emissions; Altura’s framework relies on real economic activities that are publicly accessible via their dashboard. Through this open transparency, the protocol has completed six independent security audits across Adevar Labs, Omniscia, and Sherlock.
About Altura:
Altura is a multi-strategy DeFi yield protocol built on multiple EVM chains, designed to give users access to institutional-grade trading strategies through a single on-chain vault. Users deposit stablecoins and receive vault shares representing proportional ownership, while the protocol automatically deploys capital across diversified, market-neutral strategies including arbitrage, funding rate capture, market making, and real-world asset trading. Yield is reflected through a price-per-share model, allowing returns to accrue transparently as underlying strategies generate revenue.
The protocol is built around transparency and capital efficiency, with all fund movements, strategy activity, and balances verifiable on-chain. Rather than relying on token emissions or speculative exposure, the company sources yield from real economic activity such as market inefficiencies, liquidity provision, and asset-backed trading, including gold arbitrage. By abstracting execution while maintaining visibility, the team aims to provide a passive, auditable way for users to access diversified yield strategies typically reserved for institutional participants.
About Morpho:
Morpho is a decentralized lending protocol with different entities and individuals contributing to its development and adoption. As a result, the documentation refers to different areas of “Morpho” which are worth distinguishing.
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