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  1. Lending · Risk

    Wrapped BTC as DeFi collateral: two venues hold 77% of what is covered

    Of 120k BTC of wrapped Bitcoin pledged as collateral at the venues this site indexes, 93k sits at Aave v3 on Ethereum and Morpho Blue on Base. Those two venues set risk parameters through different processes.

  2. Custody · Risk

    Wrapped Bitcoin: lending contracts hold 45%, up from 30%

    Two years ago lending market contracts held 79k of the 264k BTC of wrapped Bitcoin balances this site tracks. Today they hold 146k of 321k. Wallet balances rose by 10k while the total rose by 57k.

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