GSR invested 100 million USD to launch the on-chain vault business Hare

Cryptocurrency trading and market-making institution GSR announced an investment of 100 million dollars to launch the on-chain credit business Hare, which is built in collaboration with the liquidity distribution platform Turtle, responsible for creating and managing on-chain vaults. GSR's multi-year commitment is primarily provided in the form of credit lines, with its own funds serving as anchor liquidity to enter Hare's products first, followed by the introduction of external investors.

Hare initially launched two products supported by the lending protocol Aave: Hare USD Earn, which receives mainstream dollar stablecoins in a single vault, and Hare Gold Earn, which allows holders of Paxos tokenized gold products PAXG and PAXGy to earn returns, with Paxos Labs participating in the collaboration on gold products. Hare's CEO Connor Milner stated that GSR's commitment is considered deployed capital, allowing issuers to access liquidity from day one, and allocators can also see GSR's own funds in the same vault as theirs. Milner previously served as a senior director at London DeFi hedge fund Re7 Capital.

Vaults are becoming an important component of on-chain finance, with investors depositing assets into smart contracts, and curators deciding how to deploy funds in lending markets and other strategies. According to data from Vaults.fyi, as of July, 788 curated vaults managed a total of 8.6 billion dollars in assets.