TREE NEWS update: Coinbase now lets users borrow USDC against Bitcoin at a fixed rate and repayment date, the exchange said, in what it called the first enterprise-scale deployment of Morpho Midnight. The product marks a shift away from the variable-rate norm of on-chain lending.
Coinbase Expands Morpho Loans With Fixed-Rate Bitcoin Borrowing
Fixed-rate, fixed-maturity borrowing is the piece DeFi lending has long lacked, and Coinbase wrapping it into a consumer-facing product matters more than the underlying protocol. It effectively imports a TradFi credit structure onto on-chain rails, which could pull in borrowers who avoided variable-rate positions for planning reasons. The open question is whether this stays a Coinbase-curated venue or becomes a template other large platforms adopt, and how risk is handled if collateral values move sharply before repayment.
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