Key Takeaways
- • Qapture Investments Ltd. launched the Qapture Safe Haven Vault (QHVN-USD), a strategy providing liquidity to USD stablecoin pairs on DeFi protocols, offered to qualified high-net-worth, professional and institutional investors.
- • The strategy is offered as a separately managed account under an investment management agreement with Qapture Investments (BVI) Ltd., which is approved by the BVI Financial Services Commission as an Approved Investment Manager.
- • U.S. eligible advisory clients can access QHVN-USD through Protocol Wealth, LLC, a Denver-based SEC-registered investment adviser, subject to its suitability and diligence process.
- • Institutional infrastructure includes Midas (Aegis Labs) for vault technology, 1Token for daily NAV accounting, Fordefi for MPC wallet custody, Nemean Services for disaster recovery key material, and Hypernative for real-time risk monitoring.
- • The company states the strategy has a three-year track record, but returns are not guaranteed and DeFi involves risk including potential loss of principal.
Summary
QHVN-USD is offered as a separately managed account under an investment management agreement with Qapture Investments (BVI) Ltd., and is accessed through Qapture's new vault platform, which requires KYC/KYB onboarding. Per the release, investors can view vault holdings and performance at any time, holdings are calculated and published daily, and Qapture cannot move investor assets outside an approved list of addresses. Withdrawals may be requested at any time under the redemption terms of the investment management agreement. QHVN-USD is the first offering on Qapture Vaults, which the company intends to use for future on-chain strategies.
Target investors include family offices and high-net-worth individuals, treasuries and institutional investors holding idle stablecoin reserves, and regulated fintech and Web3 platforms. In the United States, Protocol Wealth, LLC, a Denver-based SEC-registered investment adviser, may make the strategy available to eligible advisory clients after its own suitability review. Jason Leupold, Chief Investment Officer of Protocol Wealth, described the collaboration as a way to provide access within an SEC-registered advisory relationship.
The release details a multi-vendor infrastructure stack. Midas (Aegis Labs) provides white-label vault infrastructure, token issuance, Oracle-based NAV pricing and mint/redeem mechanics, and reports over US$1 billion in vault assets under management. 1Token provides NAV accounting and portfolio reporting, and Fordefi supplies MPC wallet custody and a policy engine, securing more than $64 billion in monthly transaction volume for over 350 institutions. Nemean Services holds backup key material for disaster recovery, and Hypernative provides real-time monitoring. The release notes these providers do not provide investment management services.
The disclaimer states that QHVN-USD is available only to eligible professional, accredited and institutional investors, is not available to retail investors, and that returns are not guaranteed. It also notes that digital assets and DeFi protocols involve significant risk, including potential loss of principal, and that past performance is not indicative of future results.
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