what's ipor protocol?
IPOR Protocol is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform designed to automate sophisticated earn strategies and provide optimized yield products for users in the Web3 ecosystem. It serves as an infrastructure layer for interest rate derivatives and fixed income markets, enabling users to engage in interest rate swaps, hedging, and liquidity provision through its automated market maker (AMM) model. The protocol integrates with lending platforms like Aave and Compound to generate yields on assets while incorporating risk management tools such as the IPOR Index for benchmarking rates. Key features include Fusion vaults, which are upgradable ERC-4626 compliant structures that dynamically allocate funds across DeFi protocols for enhanced efficiency. IPOR also introduces mechanisms like Power Tokens for liquidity mining and governance via the IPOR DAO, allowing community-driven decisions on protocol upgrades and treasury management. By focusing on modularity and on-chain automation, IPOR aims to simplify complex DeFi interactions, making advanced yield optimization accessible with minimal user intervention.
IPOR Protocol collaborated with Maple Finance on an APR-optimizing vault, following a detected contract vulnerability.
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x.com/ipor_ioFeatured with Darren Camas and DAdvisoor on Leviathan News February 26, 2026.
Collaborated with Maple Finance on a vault that leverages syrupUSDT against optimal borrow rates to optimize APR.
Suffered exploit of $336,000 on January 8th, 2026.
Detected vulnerability in underlying contract delegated by EOA account through EIP-7702 that allows arbitrary external calls, enabling attackers to create malicious fuse contracts for PlasmaVault to extract funds from the contract.
Increased capacity for the leveraged stETH vault, completed integration with Aave.
The vault offers 12x points on principal compared to Pendle markets' 6x, with 8% 7-day APY. The vault is currently at full capacity with periodic cap increases scheduled.
A Twitter Space event is scheduled for December 15th at 6PM UTC/1PM ET with ClearstarLabs to discuss the yoGOLD vault and its DeFi applications.
Pre-deposits open for yoGOLD, an onchain gold vault containing 50 troy ounces, offering 3x YO Points and 5x Fusion Points to depositors.
Launched yoGOLD vault with pre-deposits open, backed by Tether Gold and executed by Clearstar Labs, capped at $10 million with point rewards for early participants, powers yield strategies.
IPOR launches curated vaults on Stake DAO platform alongside GamiLabs, enabling automated deposits into Stake DAO's top opportunities.
Infinifi Season 1 approaches completion with points at 5.555M, airdrop of 5% FDV scheduled for mid Q1 after tokenomics finalization, with additional season (S1.5 or S2) planned before TGE. Point valuation estimated at $0.65 based on 1:2 FDV:TVL ratio.
Recent stress tests validate protocol's automation and vault transparency during extreme market conditions, enabling smooth user exits even as $1T+ is wiped from broader market.
Launched stcUSD adaptive looping vault on Fusion; depositors earn 10x points multiplier through Season 1 Fusion Points program.
Liquidity Land integration enables boost activation for the points program. Protocol remains unaffected by recent DeFi incidents including 10/10 crash and stream/elixir issues.
ClearstarLabs raises yoUSD Loooper vault cap to $5m; vault APY increases to 25% APY/7d (up from 15%) with current TVL of $1.75m backed by $7.5m Morpho market.
Fusion Points convert to future $FUSN token, with depositors earning points for providing TVL.
YO vaults integrate with IPOR offering yoUSD Loooper at 15% APY/7d and yoETH Loooper at 9% APY/7d, both earning 6x YO points and 5x Fusion points with caps approaching.
Points program starts on Fusion vaults.
TVM (Total Volume Managed) hits new all-time highs.
ETH Looping and WBTC Looping pools with Reservoir receive rating this week.
LlamaRisk crvUSD Optimizer Vault goes live on Arbitrum using IPOR Fusion infrastructure integrated with Stake DAO's Onlyboost and Staking V2 systems.
The Fusion product reaches over 50M in TVL after one year, with more than 20M added in just the last month.
The yoUSD Loooper vault capacity cap has been lifted to $1 million after previously hitting capacity limits.
New integration with YO protocol adds Reservoir strategies to ETH and BTC vaults, offering 17% APY on ETH (4% allocated) and 16% APY on BTC (15% allocated).
New vault launches through Strata Money partnership, offering 30% APR and combining Strata, Morpho Labs, and Pendle protocols in capital-efficient looping strategy with 5x Strata points multiplier.
yoUSD Loooper vault powered by ClearstarLabs hits capacity, offering 30% APY plus 6x YO points rewards.
USDC vault deployment on Base chain delivers 12% APY through ClearstarLabs partnership.
Expands to Unichain with 2% K3 Capital strategy allocation, enabling 3-chain operations from single deposit.
New Bunni integration enables idle swap assets to automatically access IPOR vaults for optimized yields.
New integration partnership enables access to optimized yields through Fusion vaults
AI-automated yield strategies deliver 6-7% base APY and up to 17% leveraged returns, with TradFi as primary liquidity provider.
USDT index hits new high at 3.3%, up from 1.9% in August 2022, indicating significant rate growth.