Yala & Kamino: Earn Auto-Compounded Yield with YU

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.

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