What Apollo Crypto does

Apollo Crypto operates as a digital asset investment firm based in Stafford, United Kingdom, serving institutional clients in the European Union and selected jurisdictions. The firm targets banks, asset managers, and corporate treasuries seeking compliant, market-neutral exposure to on-chain yield, addressing what the company characterizes as a growing "Yield Gap" in digital assets.

Its core product is mEVUSD, a regulatory-compliant, USDC-denominated tokenized investment strategy launched in March 2026 that targets 7–12% annual returns. Yield is generated through financing and interest-rate spreads via diversified lending and basis trading across blue-chip DeFi protocols including Aave, Morpho, and Pendle. The offering is delivered through a three-layered ecosystem: Everstake provides blockchain infrastructure, Midas supplies the regulatory-compliant issuance platform, and Apollo Crypto contributes active risk management and research. The firm also publishes institutional altcoin research, with Head of Research Pratik Kala publicly positioning Hyperliquid as the firm's largest altcoin holding.

Revenue is generated through asset management fees on capital deployed into the mEVUSD strategy, distributed via direct B2B field sales to institutional buyers. Pricing, fee schedules, and AUM are not publicly disclosed. The firm is privately held with 51–100 employees; ownership, funding history, and revenue figures are not available in the source material. The company description in firmographics lists a 1990 founding date, which is inconsistent with the crypto-native product stack and may reflect legacy data or a corporate-registration rather than operating-history date.

Name

Apollo Crypto

Website

https://apollocap.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Apollo Crypto is a UK-based digital asset investment firm offering institutional clients a USDC-denominated, regulatory-compliant tokenized yield strategy (mEVUSD) targeting 7–12% annual returns via blue-chip DeFi protocols.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Institutional Crypto Asset Management

NAICS

Other Financial Investment Activities (5239), Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed Accounts, Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) & Funds Platforms (Crypto) (FSADAHAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Portfolio Management Systems (PMS), Rebalancing & Analytics (Crypto) (FSADAHAE), Lending Protocol Infrastructure (Oracles, Rate Models, Vaults) (FSADAFAN)

Keywords

• Institutional crypto asset management
• Tokenized yield strategies
• Defi risk management
• Regulatory compliant stablecoin yield
• Cryptocurrency investment research

Headquarters

HQ city

Stafford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Institutional Asset Management Fees: Apollo Crypto generates revenue through active risk management services provided to institutional clients accessing the mEVUSD tokenized investment strategy, targeting 7-12% annual returns through market-neutral on-chain yield generation

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Apollo Crypto is a crypto asset investment firm that operates mEVUSD, a regulatory-compliant, USDC-denominated tokenized investment strategy targeting 7-12% annual returns for institutional clients in the EU and selected jurisdictions. The product generates market-neutral yield from financing and interest rate spreads through diversified lending and basis trading on blue-chip DeFi protocols, supported by a three-layered ecosystem of Everstake (infrastructure), Midas (issuance), and Apollo Crypto (active risk management). The firm additionally publishes institutional altcoin research, with Hyperliquid identified as its largest altcoin holding.

Product overview

Apollo Crypto is a digital asset investment firm offering institutional-grade investment products and cryptocurrency research. The core product is mEVUSD, a regulatory-compliant tokenized yield strategy developed in partnership with Everstake and Midas, targeting 7-12% annual returns for institutional clients. The firm also provides altcoin research, with Hyperliquid identified as its largest altcoin holding based on the protocol's product-market fit and revenue tokenomics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• mEVUSD A regulatory-compliant, USDC-denominated tokenized investment strategy targeting 7%-12% annual returns for institutional clients. Generates market-neutral yield from financing and interest rate spreads through diversified lending and basis trading on blue-chip DeFi protocols (Aave, Morpho, Pendle), with active risk management overlay.
• Hyperliquid Altcoin Research Institutional-grade cryptocurrency research coverage identifying Hyperliquid as Apollo Crypto's largest altcoin position, citing the protocol's product-market fit, transparent tokenomics directing 97-99% of revenues to token buybacks, and the HIP-3 weekend trading feature as key differentiators.

Quantifiable outcome

• 7-12% annual returns targeted through mEVUSD
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EverstakecoreTechnology or Integration · 5 March 2026Everstake provides the technology infrastructure layer for the mEVUSD tokenized investment strategy. As a major staking and infrastructure provider, Everstake enables the underlying blockchain operations and smart contract execution for the product. This is a core component of the three-layered ecosystem.
• MidascoreTechnology or Integration · 5 March 2026Midas provides the regulatory-compliant issuance platform for mEVUSD, enabling the tokenized investment strategy to be offered to institutional clients in compliant jurisdictions. Midas handles the regulatory framework and issuance mechanics for the product.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hashnote: Hashnote issues USYC, a tokenized short-duration yield product backed by US Treasury bills, designed for institutional and whale allocators. Comparable as a regulated, USDC-settled tokenized yield strategy in the same addressable buyer pool as mEVUSD.
• Ondo Finance: Ondo Finance offers tokenized US Treasury and yield products (e.g., OUSG, USDY) targeting institutional and treasury buyers with regulated wrappers. Comparable on tokenized, USDC/USD-denominated yield distribution to professional allocators.
• MEV Capital: MEV Capital is a digital-asset manager running market-neutral and DeFi-native yield strategies for institutional and family-office clients. Closely comparable as a smaller, specialized yield manager competing for similar risk-controlled on-chain return mandates.
• Maple Finance: Maple Finance is an institutional DeFi credit market where borrowers draw loans against crypto collateral and lenders earn yield. Highly comparable as an institutional-grade, risk-managed crypto yield product targeting similar asset managers and treasuries.
• Midas: Midas offers tokenized yield strategies including mTBILL and is also a core issuance partner to Apollo Crypto for mEVUSD. Directly comparable on product type (USDC-denominated tokenized yield) and institutional target segment, though from a different functional layer.

Emerging players

• Gauntlet: Gauntlet provides quantitative risk modeling and active parameter management for DeFi protocols including Aave, Morpho, and Pendle — the same protocols Apollo Crypto's product depends on. Comparable on institutional risk-management positioning over shared DeFi infrastructure.
• Centrifuge: Centrifuge is a tokenized real-world asset (RWA) protocol connecting on-chain capital to off-chain receivables and lending markets. Comparable in the institutional tokenized-yield space but focused on credit/RWA rather than DeFi-native basis strategies.
• P2P.org: P2P.org is a staking infrastructure provider and yield manager operating institutional-grade validator and DeFi strategies. Comparable as a yield-generation partner adjacent to Apollo Crypto's three-layer model, particularly on the infrastructure layer.

Broad incumbents

• CoinShares: CoinShares is a European-headquartered crypto asset manager offering ETPs and managed investment strategies to institutional clients. Comparable as a broader crypto asset manager with institutional distribution, though with a wider product set beyond yield.
• Matrixport: Matrixport is a crypto financial services platform offering structured yield, lending, and asset management products to institutional and HNW clients. Comparable as a multi-product institutional crypto yield and asset manager at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments22 records

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