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The best Onchain Capital Allocators on Base in 2026
We track 29 Onchain Capital Allocators that run on Base and have reviewed 26 of them in full. Our top pick is Spark Liquidity Layer. Each one is scored on security, ease of use, fees and features.
Ranked list
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Spark Liquidity Layer
Onchain Capital Allocator · Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum +5
The Spark Liquidity Layer automates the deployment of Sky-issued stablecoins such as USDS, sUSDS and USDC across chains, DeFi protocols and real-world asset strategies. It is large by TVL, but it is institutional infrastructure rather than a product most people use directly.
ScoreScore 7.6 out of 10TVL $2.97B+12.4% - 2
Veda
Onchain Capital Allocator · Ink, Ethereum, Optimism +10
Veda is a vault infrastructure platform that lets exchanges, wallets and protocols offer yield products to their users. It has about $1.79 billion in TVL on DefiLlama, but it is built for businesses rather than retail depositors.
ScoreScore 7.6 out of 10TVL $1.70B−4.1% - 3
Upshift
Onchain Capital Allocator · Ethereum, Stellar, Flare +11
Upshift is a vault platform, powered by August, that routes stablecoin, BTC, ETH and XRP deposits to third-party strategists for onchain yield. It lists about $464M in TVL across many chains, but returns and risks differ by vault.
ScoreScore 7.3 out of 10TVL $460M+8.2% - 4
Lagoon
Onchain Capital Allocator · Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base +19
Lagoon is vault infrastructure that lets curators launch and run on-chain yield strategies, with about $161M in TVL across 22 chains listed on DefiLlama. It suits users who can assess individual curators, because the strategy risk sits with them.
ScoreScore 7.3 out of 10TVL $156M−0.7% - 5
Aera V3
Onchain Capital Allocator · Morph, Base, Ethereum +2
Aera V3 is an onchain treasury management protocol from the Gauntlet team, holding about $176 million in TVL across five chains. It suits DAOs and treasuries seeking automated strategies, but fees and V3 audit status are not clear from public sources.
ScoreScore 7.2 out of 10TVL $172M−11.4% - 6
Lombard Vaults
Onchain Capital Allocator · Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain +2
Lombard Vaults, marketed as Bitcoin Earn, spreads BTC deposits across isolated sub-vaults run by independent managers. It suits Bitcoin holders who want BTC-denominated yield, but returns are modest and the risk stack is layered.
ScoreScore 7.2 out of 10TVL $69.1M−3.5% - 7
Aera V2
Onchain Capital Allocator · Ethereum, Base, Polygon +1
Aera V2 is an onchain treasury management protocol from the Gauntlet team, built for DAOs that want automated, non-custodial vault strategies. It holds roughly $46.7M in TVL, but the V2 docs are archived and the app is described as closed beta.
ScoreScore 7.2 out of 10TVL $44.4M+0.7% - 8
Makina
Onchain Capital Allocator · Ethereum, Base
Makina is vault infrastructure that lets professional Operators run onchain yield strategies, while depositors keep custody of their assets. It suits users who want managed yield and accept manager risk.
ScoreScore 7.0 out of 10TVL $39.1M−3.7% - 9
D2 Finance
Onchain Capital Allocator · Hyperliquid L1, Arbitrum, Base +4
D2 Finance offers actively managed derivatives strategies packaged as ERC4626 vaults on several chains. It targets users who want fund-style exposure on-chain, but returns depend on the managers and fees are not published publicly.
ScoreScore 7.0 out of 10TVL $23.4M−5.9% - 10
Avant avUSD
Onchain Capital Allocator · Avalanche, Ethereum, Monad +7
Avant is a DeFi platform that issues the avUSD stable-value token and the yield-bearing savUSD, with roughly $115 million in TVL listed on DefiLlama. The main takeaway: the yield depends on off-chain-style strategies and partners, so check the transparency pages before depositing.
ScoreScore 6.8 out of 10TVL $117M+1.5% - 11
Spectra MetaVaults Outside V2
Onchain Capital Allocator · Base, Katana, Ethereum +3
Spectra MetaVaults are curated vaults on the Spectra yield protocol that handle pool rollovers automatically. They suit users who want managed exposure without rolling positions by hand, but they carry curator and smart-contract risk.
ScoreScore 6.8 out of 10TVL $3.16M+0.1% - 12
Almanak
Onchain Capital Allocator · Ethereum, Base
Almanak is a non-custodial platform for building, simulating and deploying automated DeFi strategies through AI-assisted agents and Python code. Its design is sound on paper, but on-chain usage is still small.
ScoreScore 6.8 out of 10TVL $263K−0.1% - 13
Mitosis
Onchain Capital Allocator · BNB Chain, Linea, Arbitrum +9
Mitosis is a Layer 1 network that turns liquidity positions into programmable assets usable across chains. Its pitch is clear, but on-chain TVL is small and fee details are not published publicly.
ScoreScore 6.5 out of 10TVL $1.25M−2.5% - 14
Kvants
Onchain Capital Allocator · Base, Solana
Kvants is an AI-driven quant platform that pairs a plain-English strategy builder and backtester with on-chain trading vaults on Base and Solana. The Studio is well documented, but the vault side is small and unaudited.
ScoreScore 6.5 out of 10TVL $83.0K−3.6% - 15
Moonwell Vaults
Onchain Capital Allocator · Base, Optimism
Moonwell Vaults is a capital-allocation layer tied to the Moonwell lending protocol, running on Base and Optimism with about $8.7 million in TVL. Public details on strategy and fees are limited, so the review rests on a small set of facts.
ScoreScore 6.4 out of 10TVL $8.17M−11.2% - 16
Spectra MetaVaults
Onchain Capital Allocator · Base, Flare, Katana +3
Spectra MetaVaults are curated vaults that place deposits into Spectra pools and roll them over automatically as pools expire. They suit users who want hands-off yield, but the curator and smart-contract risk are real.
ScoreScore 6.4 out of 10TVL $6.17M−5.4% - 17
MORE Vaults
Onchain Capital Allocator · Flow, Base, Ethereum +2
MORE Vaults is modular omnichain vault infrastructure that lets curators run multichain strategies while depositors hold one receipt token. It is a young, small-TVL product with no listed audits, so treat it as early-stage.
ScoreScore 6.3 out of 10TVL $1.26M−8.6% - 18
Sherpa
Onchain Capital Allocator · Ethereum, Base, Monad
Sherpa Earn is a managed USDC vault that targets yield from delta-neutral strategies across Ethereum, Base and Monad. It is young and small, so treat it as an early-stage product.
ScoreScore 6.2 out of 10TVL $470K−0.7% - 19
Merit Circle
Onchain Capital Allocator · Ethereum, Base, Avalanche
Merit Circle, the gaming DAO launched in 2021, now operates as Beam, an ecosystem and treasury-backed token project spanning trading apps, AI compute and gaming. It suits token holders who accept a broad, early-stage bet.
ScoreScore 6.2 out of 10TVL $0 - 20
Rigoblock
Onchain Capital Allocator · Arbitrum, Optimism, Ethereum +4
RigoBlock is a long-running protocol for deploying non-custodial smart vaults, now aimed at both human operators and AI agents. Its safety claims are specific, but usage on-chain is small.
ScoreScore 6.0 out of 10TVL $19.1K+0.8% - 21
TradingStrategy
Onchain Capital Allocator · Arbitrum, Ethereum, Polygon +3
TradingStrategy is a web platform that ranks DeFi vaults by yield, TVL, risk and fees, and that also runs its own automated, non-custodial vaults. It suits readers who want to compare on-chain yield products, with the caveat that its own vaults are very small and unaudited in the sources available.
ScoreScore 5.2 out of 10TVL $4+0.1% - 22
Shift Protocol
Onchain Capital Allocator · Arbitrum, Ethereum, Base
Shift Protocol offers on-chain yield products built around perpetual futures exchanges. Its vault approach is clear at a high level, but strategy details, fees and withdrawal terms are not published.
ScoreScore 5.0 out of 10TVL $660K−1.3% - 23
RAGE Protocol
Onchain Capital Allocator · Base
RAGE Protocol is a treasury-backed derivative token on Base, part of the URM ecosystem. It is a small, niche product whose risks suit experienced DeFi users only.
ScoreScore 5.0 out of 10TVL $291K−1.5% - 24
Snowbl Capital
Onchain Capital Allocator · Base
Snowbl Capital is an on-chain capital allocator on Base whose USDC vault spreads deposits across funding, lending, farming and market-neutral arbitrage. It is small and young, and no audits or fees are published.
ScoreScore 5.0 out of 10TVL $85.8K−1.2% - 25
Grove Finance
Onchain Capital Allocator · Base, Ethereum, Avalanche +2
Grove is a capital allocation protocol in the Sky (formerly MakerDAO) ecosystem that deploys capital into tokenized real-world assets and DeFi positions. It holds about $1.2 billion in TVL, but public sources show no listed audits and the site reviewed is an analytics dashboard.
ScoreNot rated yetTVL $1.25B+4.3%
Onchain Capital Allocators on Base: the numbers
- Tracked
- 29
- Reviewed
- 29
- Total TVL
- $7.02B
- Avg. score
- 6.5/10
DappsAtlas tracks 29 onchain capital allocators on Base. Every one of them has a full review. Across the 27 with TVL data, the combined value locked is $7.02B, counting value on every chain they support. Spark Liquidity Layer is the clear leader, holding 42% of it. The top five account for 93%, while the median onchain capital allocator holds $3.16M.
By value locked, the largest onchain capital allocators on Base are Spark Liquidity Layer ($2.97B), Veda ($1.70B) and Grove Finance ($1.25B). The best-rated is Spark Liquidity Layer with 7.6/10, followed by Veda (7.6) and Upshift (7.3). That makes Spark Liquidity Layer both the biggest and the best-rated. The 24 rated onchain capital allocators average 6.5/10, and none scores 8 or above yet.
Many also deploy elsewhere, most often on Ethereum (22), Arbitrum (15) and Optimism (10). All 27 with a confirmed status are active. Over the last seven days, combined TVL rose 4.7%. Spark Liquidity Layer gained the most (+12.4%), while Aera V3 dropped the most (−11.4%).
Largest by TVL
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Spark Liquidity Layer$2.97B
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Veda$1.70B
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Grove Finance$1.25B
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Upshift$460M
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Aera V3$172M
Highest rated
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Lagoon7.3
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Method
How we ranked them
Reviewed dApps come first. Each DappsAtlas review scores security, ease of use, fees and features from 0 to 10 using public facts such as audits, documentation and on-chain data; the overall score orders the list, with total value locked as the tie-breaker. Projects we have not reviewed yet follow, ordered by total value locked. Scores are never sold.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the largest onchain capital allocator on Base by TVL?
Spark Liquidity Layer is the largest onchain capital allocator on Base by total value locked, with $2.97B across all the chains it supports. It is followed by Veda ($1.70B) and Grove Finance ($1.25B). TVL figures come from DefiLlama and change daily.
Which onchain capital allocator on Base has the highest DappsAtlas score?
Spark Liquidity Layer has the highest score at 7.6/10, ahead of Veda (7.6) and Upshift (7.3). Scores weigh security, ease of use, fees and features, and are based only on facts we could verify.
How many onchain capital allocators on Base has DappsAtlas reviewed?
DappsAtlas tracks 29 onchain capital allocators on Base. Of these, 29 have a full review and 27 report value locked, $7.02B in total, counting value on every chain they support.
Which onchain capital allocators on Base grew the most this week?
Among onchain capital allocators with at least $1M locked, Spark Liquidity Layer had the biggest 7-day TVL gain (+12.4%) and Aera V3 the biggest drop (−11.4%). Combined TVL moved +4.7% over the same seven days.
What is the average score for onchain capital allocators on Base?
The 24 rated onchain capital allocators on Base average 6.5 out of 10. Of these, 0 score 8 or higher and 0 score below 5.