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Integration Partners

Integration partners are frontends, aggregators and earn platforms that help users discover and access Covered Vaults through familiar experiences — without forcing an external “buy coverage” workflow.

They are the distribution layer for Catalysis:

  • They surface covered opportunities where users already allocate capital.
  • They route deposits into Covered Vaults via standard UX flows and secure vault integrations.

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Integration Partners

What Catalysis enables​

  1. Native integration: Coverage integrates directly with vaults on existing Tier-1 DeFi protocols (Morpho, Euler, Upshift etc).
  2. Competitive Pricing: Depositors access downside protection with minimal impact on net vault APY. Typically 25–75 bps, depending on DeFi vault rating.¹
  3. Fully onchain and transparent: Coverage terms and payouts are enforced by smart contracts and executed without manual intervention or committee discretion.
  4. Opt-in coverage: Platforms can offer coverage as an opt-in upgrade. Existing vaults and yields remain unchanged, only users who want protection opt in.

FAQs​

Q1. What does the integration process look like for a distribution partner?​

Integration is straightforward:

  1. UI surfacing: list Covered Vaults alongside Base Vaults, and show premium cost + coverage summary.
  2. Routing: update your deposit/withdraw flows to route to the Covered Vault contracts (instead of the Base Vault) when users opt in.
  3. Smart contract hookup (optional): if you use routers/bundlers, add the Covered Vault calls to your existing route so the end state is a standard onchain vault position.

Q2. Is it time-consuming?​

Typically NO.

  • Most partners ship in < 2 weeks (UI + routing + basic checks).
  • With deeper testing, edge cases and staging cycles, it can take ~3 weeks.

Q3. What’s in it for distribution partners?​

  • Differentiated product: “covered yield” is a clear upgrade vs standard vault listings.
  • Seamless UX: users opt into protection inside the same vault flow — no external policy step.
  • Competitive rates: users get access to risk coverage at low premium impact on net APY (risk-calibrated).
  • Better stickiness: protection reduces perceived downside, which can improve retention and larger allocations.

Q4. What’s the most important thing to communicate in the UI?​

Make the covered vs base choice obvious and comparable:

  • Premium cost (bps or estimated net yield impact)
  • Coverage scope (what is covered / not covered, in plain language)
  • Key limits & conditions (e.g., max coverage capacity, trigger conditions, any relevant constraints)

A good default is: “Base = higher yield, no protection. Covered = slightly lower yield, defined protection.”

Q5. What are integration partners not responsible for?​

  • Pricing or underwriting (handled by Catalysis + CoverPools)
  • Claims decisions or execution (defined by coverage terms and executed by the system)