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At Yellowmute, we sit at the intersection of decentralized finance and traditional private markets, deploying proprietary capital into high-conviction opportunities others are too early, or too cautious, to see.

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Who we are

Yellowmute bridges the innovative worlds of DeFi in the cryptocurrency space with the proven stability of traditional private markets. Our mission is to identify and nurture high-potential opportunities that drive transformative growth, whether that means funding groundbreaking DeFi protocols redefining financial accessibility, or backing established private enterprises poised for expansion.

In the dynamic realm of DeFi and crypto, we specialize in early-stage investments that harness blockchain technology to create decentralized solutions for lending, trading, and yield generation. Our understanding of smart contracts, tokenomics, and regulatory landscapes allows us to spot emerging trends before they become mainstream. Complementing this, we maintain a strong presence in traditional private markets: autonomous technology and robotics, fintech innovation, and space exploration, with an approach grounded in thorough due diligence and long-term value creation.

What sets Yellowmute apart is our commitment to ethical, sustainable investing: we prioritize opportunities that promote financial inclusion, environmental responsibility, and lasting positive impact.

The Yellowmute edge

Eight structural advantages of investing our own capital.

01

Proprietary capital

We invest solely our own balance sheet, with no LP pressure, no redemption cycles, no external mandates diluting conviction.

02

Dual-market fluency

The same underwriting discipline spans DeFi protocols and private enterprises in robotics, fintech, and space: one lens, two markets.

03

Infrastructure-first thesis

Conviction concentrates in the Layer-1 and Layer-2 rails, oracles, and interoperability layers that underwrite the asset class itself.

04

Risk-weighted discipline

Position sizing follows a risk-weighted methodology, monitored continuously through scenario analysis and stress testing.

05

Global origination

An international footprint sources conviction-led opportunities across regions, cycles, and regulatory environments.

06

Cycle-tested patience

We hold through cycles rather than react to them, with capital positioned for structural adoption, not short-term price action.

07

Discreet by design

Positions are sized and sequenced quietly, minimizing market impact. Discretion is part of the edge, not an afterthought.

08

Compounding expertise

Smart-contract fluency, tokenomics modeling, and regulatory literacy compound into pattern recognition that is hard to replicate.

Our philosophy

Four disciplines, one proprietary mandate.

Investment Approach

We deploy capital across decentralized finance and digital asset ecosystems through a structured, high-conviction approach focused on capturing asymmetric return profiles. Our strategy integrates active participation in lending markets, liquidity provisioning, and yield optimization, systematically extracting value from market inefficiencies. We prioritize protocols with strong economic design, sustainable tokenomics, and demonstrable product-market fit, combining fundamental analysis with real-time market intelligence.

DeFi primitives · Liquidity strategies · Yield optimization

Investment Mandate

We allocate proprietary capital through a disciplined, research-driven framework designed to deliver consistent, risk-adjusted returns across market cycles. Our mandate emphasizes a dual objective, capital preservation and long-term value creation, applying rigorous due diligence that combines qualitative project assessment with quantitative risk modeling. Portfolio construction is guided by conviction, liquidity considerations, and downside protection.

Discipline · Capital preservation · Long-term value

Mandate Focus

Our focus centers on core infrastructure within blockchain ecosystems: Layer 1 and Layer 2 protocols underpinning the broader digital asset economy, with selective expansion into privacy solutions, interoperability layers, and advanced decentralized financial primitives. We target opportunities where structural adoption trends, network effects, and technological differentiation create a foundation for sustained value accrual.

Infrastructure · Privacy · Interoperability · Next-gen DeFi

Capital Allocation Framework

We operate a thesis-driven allocation framework that dynamically adjusts portfolio exposure to evolving market conditions and risk environments. Position sizing follows a risk-weighted methodology balancing conviction with volatility and liquidity constraints, monitored continuously through scenario analysis and stress testing, and supported by active treasury management for liquidity resilience.

Risk-weighting · Dynamic allocation · Liquidity management

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About us

We deploy institutional-grade capital into high-conviction opportunities, from seed-stage DeFi primitives to late-stage private equity.

Listing of the company2026
Active positions0
Performance since listing0%

“We don't choose sides. We master both. We speak fluent Solidity and EBITDA, connecting crypto's speed with private equity's depth.”

Yellowmute
Our values

Experience & Execution

Together, we bring a wealth of experience and a shared commitment to excellence, collaboration, and growth. Our team's expertise fuels our mission and ensures exceptional results, every time.

Deep Expertise

Our expertise is the cornerstone of our innovation and success. Leveraging deep industry knowledge and rigorous technical skill, we transform possibility into impact.

Global Reach

Yellowmute maintains a global footprint that connects us with markets and counterparties around the world, enhancing our ability to deliver and drive growth across regions.

Our team

At Yellowmute, we take a long-term, disciplined approach to capital allocation, grounded in rigorous analysis and a clear understanding of evolving market structures.

As a proprietary investment firm, we invest solely our own capital. This allows us to maintain full alignment between strategy and execution, free from external pressures, and focused entirely on sustainable value creation.

Our investment activity spans digital assets, blockchain infrastructure, and selected private market opportunities. Across all strategies, we prioritize capital preservation, risk-adjusted returns, and thoughtful positioning through market cycles.

We believe the financial system is undergoing a structural transformation, driven by the integration of decentralized technologies with traditional capital markets. Navigating this transition requires not only conviction, but discipline, patience, and adaptability. Yellowmute is built on these principles.

This philosophy extends to how we underwrite every position we hold. Each allocation is assessed independently, weighed for both asymmetric upside and downside protection, and revisited continuously as market structure, liquidity, and regulation evolve. Conviction at Yellowmute is earned through analysis, never assumed through consensus, and never outsourced to narrative.

Our leadership brings direct experience across both digital asset markets and traditional private capital allocation: a dual fluency that lets us move with speed where conviction is high, and with restraint where it is not. We believe this combination, paired with uncompromising risk discipline, is what will define the investors who endure through the next decade of financial transformation.

Rishat Safiulin, Executive Director, Yellowmute Asset Management
Rishat Safiulin
Executive Director
Yellowmute Asset Management
Track record
Q1 2026Fund listing

Yellowmute lists and deploys its first proprietary tranche: eight active positions spanning Layer-1 infrastructure, RWA issuance, and privacy-preserving protocols.

2026In progress

Continued capital deployment across infrastructure and RWA verticals, guided by the same risk-weighted, thesis-driven framework applied since listing.

Portfolio

Positions across the assets defining the next financial infrastructure.

We specialize in early-stage investments that harness blockchain technology to create decentralized solutions for lending, trading, yield generation, and beyond.

Category
Asset
Invested
Status
Allocation
Performance
L1
BTC
Invested in
2026 Q1
Status
Active
Allocation
30.2%
0%
L1
ADA
Invested in
2026 Q1
Status
Active
Allocation
14.0%
0%
L1
HBAR
Invested in
2026 Q1
Status
Active
Allocation
4.7%
0%
L1
SUI
Invested in
2026 Q1
Status
Active
Allocation
6.5%
0%
L1
NEAR
Invested in
2026 Q1
Status
Active
Allocation
14.0%
0%
L1
AVAX
Invested in
2026 Q1
Status
Active
Allocation
6.0%
0%
RWA
LINK
Invested in
2026 Q1
Status
Active
Allocation
14.0%
0%
RWA
ONDO
Invested in
2026 Q1
Status
Active
Allocation
6.0%
0%
CA
NIGHT
Invested in
2026 Q1
Status
Active
Allocation
4.7%
0%
Investment memo notes

A high-level synthesis of conviction-led positions across on-chain financial infrastructure.

Active positions0
Performance since listing0%
BTC
Layer-1 · Macro Reserve Asset

Bitcoin remains the most liquid, battle-tested, and institutionally recognized digital asset, a foundational reserve position anchoring the broader digital asset allocation. Its fixed supply schedule, growing spot-ETF-driven institutional demand, and deepening role as a macro hedge against currency debasement support a long-duration, low-turnover holding, distinct in character from Yellowmute's higher-conviction infrastructure bets.

The Q1 2026 position provides ballast against volatility across the portfolio's earlier-stage Layer-1 and privacy allocations, consistent with our capital-preservation mandate.

ADA
Layer-1 · High-Assurance Blockchain

Cardano represents one of the most research-driven and methodologically robust L1 architectures in the industry. Its commitment to formal verification, predictable governance, and modular scaling systems (Hydra, Midnight, community-run sidechains) supports long-term adoption across institutional and decentralized applications.

The Q1 2026 allocation reflects our conviction in Cardano's expanding commercial partnerships, increasing stablecoin presence, and maturing DeFi ecosystem.

HBAR
Layer-1 Enterprise DLT · RWA Infrastructure

Hedera stands apart with its enterprise-governed council, including global corporations such as Google, IBM, Dell, and Deutsche Telekom, and its DAG-based consensus optimized for throughput and compliance.

HBAR is positioned to capture value from the surge in tokenized assets, enterprise settlement layers, and government-led digital financial infrastructure, aligning tightly with our broader thesis on institutional blockchain adoption in 2026.

SUI
High-Performance L1 · Move Ecosystem

Sui's parallelized execution engine and Move-based programming environment enable unprecedented throughput and safety for next-gen decentralized applications, supporting high-frequency trading, complex gaming economies, and scalable DeFi systems.

The Q1 2026 deployment anticipates acceleration of Sui's ecosystem grants, liquidity incentives, and cross-chain integrations heading into the 2026 cycle.

NEAR
Consumer L1 · Sharded Architecture

NEAR delivers one of the industry's most user-centric development frameworks: human-readable accounts, seamless onboarding, and built-in account abstraction.

Its sharded infrastructure and upcoming NEAR–Ethereum rollup layer position it strongly for mainstream consumer-facing Web3 applications. The Q1 2026 entry captures the early stages of NEAR's renewed ecosystem expansion.

AVAX
Modular L1 · Subnet Architecture

Avalanche's modular Subnet system enables institutions, enterprises, and gaming studios to deploy dedicated, speed-optimized blockchains with customizable logic. AVAX remains a leading platform for tokenization pilots and on-chain enterprise solutions.

Our Q1 2026 allocation reflects the expectation of multi-chain subnet proliferation during the 2026 cycle.

ONDO
Tokenized Treasuries · Institutional Yield

Ondo Finance is a leading issuer of tokenized U.S. Treasuries and compliant yield-bearing instruments, bridging traditional finance with on-chain markets.

With growing demand for secure, transparent digital yield, ONDO sits at the core of the RWA liquidity migration trend, positioning Yellowmute to benefit from deepening institutional adoption of tokenized fixed income.

LINK
Cross-Chain Infrastructure · Oracle Middleware

Chainlink provides mission-critical data feeds, verification systems, and messaging infrastructure across virtually all major blockchains. Its CCIP is rapidly becoming the industry standard for enabling banks, fintechs, RWA issuers, and DeFi ecosystems to interconnect securely.

Our Q1 2026 investment reflects a high-conviction view on Chainlink as the backbone of institutional-grade interoperability.

MIDNIGHT
Privacy · Zero-Knowledge · Data Protection

Midnight is a privacy-focused blockchain enabling confidential computation and selective data disclosure via zero-knowledge proofs, addressing one of the most critical limitations of public blockchains: handling sensitive data while remaining compliant.

Unlike traditional privacy coins, Midnight is architected for programmable privacy, letting users and enterprises control what data is revealed, to whom, and under which conditions, suitable for identity, regulated DeFi, and enterprise workflows.

Research

Institutionally grounded conviction, built from first principles.

Our research platform identifies, evaluates, and capitalizes on high-conviction opportunities across digital assets and adjacent private-market verticals, combining fundamental analysis, on-chain intelligence, and macro-driven frameworks.

Our approach extends beyond traditional crypto narratives: we assess protocol architecture, token design, liquidity dynamics, and ecosystem traction alongside broader capital-market considerations, including adoption curves, regulatory positioning, and long-term value capture. Each publication reflects a structured investment thesis, supported by quantitative modeling, scenario analysis, and risk-adjusted return expectations.

Research methodology
01

Fundamental analysis

Protocol architecture, token design, and governance mechanics assessed against a consistent underwriting framework.

02

On-chain intelligence

Liquidity dynamics, ecosystem traction, and network activity tracked directly from chain data, not narrative.

03

Macro overlay

Adoption curves and regulatory positioning weighed alongside broader capital-market conditions.

04

Quantitative modeling

Scenario analysis and stress testing translate qualitative conviction into risk-adjusted return expectations.

05

Structured thesis

Each publication resolves into a single actionable investment thesis, aligned with long-term capital allocation.

01 · Investment & Valuation Report
Cardano (ADA)
Dated March 31, 2026
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