Coinbase this afternoon launched two onchain USDC lending vaults built on Morpho and curated by Steakhouse Financial, giving users their first choice of risk profile when lending from the exchange: a conservative Prime tier backed by blue-chip crypto collateral, and a Higher Yield tier drawing on assets issued by Ethena.
The launch was announced on Coinbase's official X account this afternoon, with a blog post providing product details. The vaults run on Morpho, the permissionless lending protocol that raised $175 million in June at a reported $2 billion valuation and now holds roughly $6.5 billion in total value locked, per DefiLlama.
The Prime vault lends USDC against blue-chip collateral, principally BTC and ETH. Existing Steakhouse-curated USDC vaults on Morpho carry yields in the 3.5 to 4% range, per DefiLlama pool data.
The High Yield vault accepts collateral from a broader basket, including assets issued by Ethena. The Steakhouse-curated vault using USDtb, Ethena's T-bill-backed stablecoin, yields approximately 8.79% annually on Morpho, per DefiLlama. USDtb is one of two Ethena-issued stablecoins; the other, USDe, has $4.48 billion in circulation across 28 chains. The Coinbase blog describes the High Yield tier as backed by “a broader mix of assets, including those powered by @ethena” without naming the specific instruments.
