Yala Goes To Base
Yala Launches $YU on Base, Expanding Liquidity DeFi’s Fastest-Growing Ecosystem
Yala is proud to announce the deployment of $YU, its Bitcoin-backed stablecoin, on Base — one of the fastest-growing Layer 2 ecosystems in the Ethereum landscape. This expansion marks a pivotal step in Yala’s multi-chain strategy, bringing native Bitcoin liquidity to the heart of DeFi and opening new frontiers for capital efficiency and user yield.
As Base rapidly evolves into a hub for next-generation DeFi applications, integrating $YU into its ecosystem enables users to tap into emerging liquidity layers, innovative yield primitives, and decentralized applications, while maintaining exposure to Bitcoin.
Farming & Liquidity: Capital Efficiency at the Core
Yala will initially support stable swap pools for $YU on Base, starting with key pairings such as $cbBTC and $YBTC. These pools are designed to deepen liquidity, enable seamless swaps, and offer competitive incentives. Liquidity providers will earn Berries, Yala’s points-based rewards system, similar to existing YU/USDC pools on Uniswap.
These incentives are structured to reward early participants and grow liquidity in a sustainable, programmatic manner, aligning incentives across users, partners, and protocols.
DeFi Integrations: Lending & Yield on Base
To strengthen $YU’s role in the Base DeFi stack, Yala is actively collaborating across key verticals:
- Lending: Enabling $YU to be both borrowed and used as collateral, increasing its composability across Base-native credit markets.
- Yield: Collaborating with emerging yield protocols to unlock new income streams for $YU and YBTC holders.
These integrations broaden $YU’s utility while offering users a diverse range of risk-adjusted yield opportunities across the Base ecosystem.
AI-Powered Yield Automation: Enter Yay-Agent
Once integrated, Yala’s AI Yield agent, Yay-Agent, will automate and optimize yield strategies for users interacting with DeFi protocols on Base. From liquidity rebalancing to capital deployment across partner pools, Yay-Agent will enhance the user experience by intelligently managing positions and maximizing return potential.
Further details on Yay-Agent's rollout on Base will be released in the coming days as the Base integration evolves.
Why This Matters
Yala is built to unlock Bitcoin’s full financial potential without compromising custody or composability. With over $110 million in $YU minted on mainnet, and more than 1,670 Bitcoin staked across Yala’s ecosystem to date, this Base deployment represents a new chapter for Bitcoin liquidity across DeFi.
As we continue to build a cross-chain Bitcoin-native economy, the Base integration underscores Yala’s commitment to interoperability, innovation, and accessible yield for all.
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Yala is a native Bitcoin liquidity protocol that channels BTC into yield opportunities across DeFi and RWAs.
Bitcoin holders unlock capital through self-custodial, liquidation-free borrowing by minting $YU, a BTC-backed liquidity asset. In this process, they pay a stability fee directly to $YU depositors, effectively exchanging BTC-backed exposure for portable, capital-efficient liquidity and access to yield without giving up ownership.
Yala’s SmartVault module manages system risk and ensures efficient yield distribution.