{"id":59100,"date":"2025-11-18T16:01:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=59100"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:01:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:01:54","slug":"zircuit-finance-unveils-institutional-yield-platform-with-monarq-falconx-and-forteus-to-restore-trust-in-onchain-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=59100","title":{"rendered":"Zircuit Finance Unveils Institutional Yield Platform With Monarq, FalconX, and Forteus to Restore Trust in Onchain Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"sc-FeKFz hYlDaj\"><strong>[PRESS RELEASE \u2013 George Town, Cayman Islands, November 18th, 2025]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zircuit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zircuit<\/a>, a zero-knowledge blockchain backed by YZiLabs, Dragonfly, and Pantera, today announced the launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.zircuit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zircuit Finance<\/a>, a platform to address the credit and security risks in DeFi. With $3 billion in assets secured to date, Zircuit Finance is a secure platform for institutional-grade strategies, starting with a stablecoin vault offering up to 11% APY on USDC and USDT, with plans to expand to other assets like BTC and ETH.<\/p>\n<p>The launch follows a series of industry setbacks that have eroded confidence in DeFi, due to persistent gaps in transparency, risk management, and security. Credit events resulting in more than $90 million in aggregate losses exposed the risks of lending to unvetted counterparties. Meanwhile, security incidents in November 2025 revealed that even established protocols can be vulnerable to hacks, resulting in losses of over $100 million, despite adherence to industry best practices. Together, these events highlight the need for stronger safeguards and more dependable infrastructure. <strong>Zircuit Finance was created to be that safe haven for onchain finance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>The future of DeFi isn\u2019t about chasing the highest yields, it\u2019s about building the most secure foundation for capital to grow,\u201d said Dr. Martin Derka, Co-Founder of Zircuit. \u201cZircuit Finance is part of a broader shift to create a more stable, transparent, and trusted onchain economy where users and institutional allocators can deploy large sums of capital efficiently and safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To mitigate credit risk, Zircuit Finance partners exclusively with tier-one asset managers with multi-year track records and strong balance sheets. Each counterparty operates under a legal framework enforcing creditor rights, collateralization standards, and default covenants. Zircuit mandates frequent exposure reporting to provide real-time visibility into how capital is allocated and managed.<\/p>\n<p>Within this framework, Zircuit vaults allocate capital across both regulated and decentralized venues. A portion of assets will be managed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monarq-am.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Monarq Asset Management<\/a>, a regulated fund specializing in arbitrage and delta-neutral strategies with a history of disciplined risk management. Additional integrations include Aave and Morpho, diversifying exposure across venues and enabling efficient withdrawals.<\/p>\n<p>Zircuit is also partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/forteus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forteus<\/a>, the FCA-regulated asset management arm of Numeus Group, to develop alpha-centric investment strategies generating risk-adjusted returns in Ethereum and Bitcoin. These strategies complement Zircuit\u2019s delta-neutral yield foundation managed under institutional-grade oversight.<\/p>\n<p>On the infrastructure side, Zircuit is integrating with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.falconx.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FalconX<\/a> as its prime broker and execution partner. FalconX\u2019s global platform provides institutional-grade custody, trade execution, and risk management, supporting efficient capital deployment and compliance-aligned operations across multiple venues.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs liquidity flows into DeFi at scale, the platforms that will lead are those delivering both performance and safety while bringing institutional-grade strategies accessible onchain. Our collaboration with Zircuit Finance reflects Monarq\u2019s commitment to powering that next phase of growth, anchored in deep liquidity, disciplined risk, and operational transparency,\u201d said Shiliang Tang, Managing Partner of Monarq Asset Management.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zircuit Finance\u2019s security architecture provides the foundation for all its institutional partnerships and yield strategies. At the smart contract layer, funds cannot exit the Zircuit Finance vault ecosystem without a depositor\u2019s signature. The vault infrastructure, being audited by <a href=\"https:\/\/quantstamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quantstamp<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zenith.security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zenith<\/a>, is partially insured against smart contract vulnerabilities through <a href=\"https:\/\/chainproof.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chainproof<\/a> and incorporates <a href=\"https:\/\/layerzero.network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LayerZero\u2019s<\/a> secure messaging system to enable authenticated cross-chain communication.<\/p>\n<p>Complementing these measures, Zircuit integrates its proprietary AI-powered <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2405.01819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sequencer Level Security<\/a> for vaults deployed on the Zircuit network. Sequencer Level Security proactively detects and quarantines malicious transactions before block inclusion, extending protection beyond the smart contract layer to deliver institutional-grade defense at the blockchain level.<\/p>\n<p>Zircuit Finance is now in early access. To join the Zircuit Finance waitlist and learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/zircuit.com\/waitlist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">zircuit.com\/waitlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT ZIRCUIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zircuit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zircuit<\/a> is the first zero-knowledge blockchain with integrated Sequencer Level Security. Founded in 2022 by security experts from Quantstamp, Zircuit provides the Layer-2 infrastructure for Zircuit Finance. In addition to powering Zircuit Finance, Zircuit maintains independent operations as a general-purpose rollup, prioritizing high performance with unmatched security, securing up to $3 billion in Total Value Locked.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/zircuit-finance-unveils-institutional-yield-platform-with-monarq-falconx-and-forteus-to-restore-trust-in-onchain-finance\/\">Zircuit Finance Unveils Institutional Yield Platform With Monarq, FalconX, and Forteus to Restore Trust in Onchain Finance<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[PRESS RELEASE \u2013 George Town, Cayman Islands, November 18th, 2025] Zircuit, a zero-knowledge blockchain backed by YZiLabs, Dragonfly, and Pantera, today announced the launch of Zircuit Finance, a platform to address the credit and security risks in DeFi. With $3 billion in assets secured to date, Zircuit Finance is a secure platform for institutional-grade strategies, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-59100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}