Curator
A vault or lending-market manager that allocates user deposits across underlying markets — the human / DAO judgement layer above the protocol.
Examples: Steakhouse, Gauntlet, Re7, Apostro, Block Analitica on MetaMorpho; Yearn strategists on yVaults. Curator selection is the dominant risk input for vault-based stablecoin yield products.
Related terms
- VaultA smart contract that automates a yield strategy — users deposit, the contract executes.
- MorphoA modular lending primitive — Morpho Blue isolates each market, with curators (e.g. MetaMorpho) building risk-managed vaults atop.
- YearnThe original DeFi yield aggregator — yVaults route deposits into the highest-risk-adjusted-yield strategies.