Yala & Kamino: Earn Auto-Compounded Yield with YU
Yala’s DeFi Marketplace is a unified hub where users can earn real yield and stack Berries across top DeFi protocols. In partnership with Kamino – one of Solana’s leading yield automation platforms – a YU–USDC Liquidity Vault is now live.
This vault enables holders of $YU – Yala’s BTC-backed liquidity asset – to deploy their assets into Kamino and start earning auto-compounded yields, enhanced by additional incentives provided by Yala.
What Is Kamino?
Kamino is a DeFi protocol on Solana that combines lending, liquidity provision, and leverage into a unified product suite. Its core offering is a set of automated liquidity vaults that allow users to earn fees and rewards – without manual rebalancing or active management.
When you deposit two tokens into a Kamino vault, the protocol opens a liquidity position on a concentrated liquidity market maker (CLMM) DEX, such as Raydium. The vault then earns yields from that position – including trading fees, external LP incentives, and Kamino-native rewards – which Kamino automatically harvests and reinvests on-chain multiple times per day.
In short: you deposit, Kamino handles the strategy – from swaps to range management and yield compounding.
Put Your $YU to Work
With an intuitive UX, protocol-specific incentives, and cross-chain composability, the Yala Marketplace makes it effortless to deploy $YU across DeFi ecosystems.
By navigating from Yala Marketplace to Kamino, you can deposit $YU and USDC into the YU-USDC liquidity vault to:
- Auto-reinvest earnings for maximized yield
- Track real-time APY and manage your position anytime
- Earn Berries – with up to 4x multipliers
And the best part? As part of this collaboration, a total of 40,000 $YU will be distributed as incentives for the YU–USDC liquidity pool – the more you deposit and the longer you stay, the more you earn.
Start Earning in 3 Steps
Getting started is simple. Just follow these 3 steps:
Step 1: Go to Kamino
Visit app.kamino.finance and connect your Solana wallet (e.g. Phantom).
Step 2: Find the YU-USDC Vault and Enter Your Amount
- Click “Liquidity” in the top navigation. Locate YU/USDC and click “Deposit.”
- Enter the amount of $YU and USDC you want to deposit – Kamino will auto-balance the pair.
Step 3: Approve and Deposit
Approve token transfer for USDC and $YU, then confirm your deposit.
Once complete, your position starts earning automatically.
You can monitor everything under “My Position” – including your deposit amount, real-time APY, and total value locked.
All rewards (trading fees + vault incentives) are auto-compounded into your position.
For a more detailed walkthrough, see our full guide: https://docs.yala.org/user-guide-mainnet/earn#defi-marketplace
More to Earn. More to Come.
With Yala Marketplace, everything you need to grow your real yield is in one place – smarter strategies, better rewards, zero guesswork.
We’re building a future where your Bitcoin and $YU work for you – across ecosystems, without complexity or friction.
More leading protocol integrations are coming – with even more ways to earn Berries.
And it’s all just getting started.
👉 Try it now on the Yala DeFi Marketplace
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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.