> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://city-protocol.gitbook.io/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://city-protocol.gitbook.io/docs/platform/introduction.md).

# Introduction

What City Protocol is, what it offers and where it stands as of September 2026.

## What City Protocol is

City Protocol is building a universal marketplace for structured products that align with different risk profiles and investment goals. The protocol is a structured-product infrastructure that enables users to enter a variety of structured products across DeFi and RWA (issuance and operation, tokenization, vault infrastructure), built on existing blockchains, and it packages third-party strategies into products that eligible users, subject to KYC/KYB checks, jurisdictional restrictions and product-specific eligibility, can access from a self-custodied wallet.

City Protocol offers two products as of September 2026. Curated Vaults provide access to institutional yield strategies. Onchain Token Portfolios (OTPs) are rules-based baskets of tokenized equities that one transaction buys into the participant's own onchain account; past performance is no indication of future results. Venzo ([app.venzofinance.com](https://app.venzofinance.com)) is the flagship application through which users subscribe to both.

<figure><img src="https://3297077862-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJxNp2waFk6hg1G4lEQZu%2Fuploads%2F9XsEqUWjTss0kyF0XQWS%2Ffig-marketplace.png?alt=media" alt="Curated Vaults and Onchain Token Portfolios reach users through Venzo"><figcaption><p>Two products on one marketplace as of September 2026. Curated Vaults pool deposits under a curator's mandate, OTPs place the constituents in each participant's own account, and Venzo offers both.</p></figcaption></figure>

## Where City Protocol stands

As of September 2026, Curated Vaults are live and accepting deposits, and Index OTPs are live on BNB Chain, powered by bStocks, and on Base, powered by Coinbase Tokenized Stocks. New vaults and portfolios join the marketplace as curators and issuers are onboarded. Each product's current rate, TVL and performance appear in Venzo, and live vault data is published at [dune.com/cityprotocol/venzo-vaults](https://dune.com/cityprotocol/venzo-vaults).

## Topics

* The problem: why packaged investing stays gated, and why every onchain issuer rebuilds the same stack.
* Existing onchain infrastructure: the assets, settlement, standards and regulation that onchain structured products build on.
* How City Protocol differs: shared manufacturing for structured products.
* Glossary: the terms used across the documentation.