Steakhouse Prime USDC
Plain-English summary of this vault — what it does, who runs it, where the yield comes from, and what could break it. Generated from the same deterministic inputs shown elsewhere on this page; the numbers are the source, this is just the explanation.
Depositors supply USDC to Steakhouse Financial, which lends it out on Morpho Blue to borrowers putting up Ethereum staking tokens (wstETH), Ethereum (WETH), or Bitcoin (WBTC) as collateral. The vault earns interest from the borrowing demand against those three collateral types; rates are set by supply and demand on each market.
Steakhouse Financial runs this vault with a focused strategy: 50% of capital against liquid staking tokens and 42% against WETH, leaving only 8% on WBTC.
The 3.78% APY comes from borrowers paying 3.21% in interest on the three markets, plus 0.57% from Morpho incentive programs and curator rebates. All deposits are deployed (0% idle); no cash buffer.
The vault is entirely exposed to three Ethereum-native collateral types—if wstETH, WETH, or WBTC prices fall sharply, borrowers holding them face forced liquidation, and the vault absorbs any realized loss. The risk score of 24/100 reflects these are volatile assets, though utilization (86–90%) and liquidation thresholds (86% LLTV across all three) are in line with market norms.
Good fit for an allocator seeking simple, directional Ethereum exposure with modest yield if they accept that collateral price swings drive returns and risks. Avoid if you need capital preservation or stablecoin-only lending.
How the composite risk score breaks down. Every number traces to an explicit input — /methodology documents each factor's formula.
The Steakhouse Prime USDC vault aims to optimize yields by lending USDC against blue chip crypto assets.
What you are actually getting paid for, expressed as a share of net APY.
Interest paid by borrowers on Morpho Blue markets the vault supplies into.
Estimated boost from Morpho-side rewards programs and curator rebates active on these markets.
The honest version. Every structural failure mode this vault is exposed to, ranked by severity. If you want to know whether to invest, start here.
Cap-weighted utilization is 88.1%, leaving little idle buffer. Large same-day redemptions may queue behind active loan repayments.
Primary loan or collateral asset is a stablecoin. A sustained depeg below 99 cents impacts NAV and disables liquidation routing for non-USD collateral.
What this vault is actually exposed to — including dependencies that are not visible from the strategy name.
Every market the vault has supplied into, with current LTV, LLTV, oracle, and IRM. Idle balances are listed explicitly.
Modeled NAV impact under historical and hypothetical tail events. Each impact = − (shock magnitude) × (vault exposure) × (pass-through). Hover the calculator icon for the per-scenario formula.
Tail-case: a vulnerability surfaces in Morpho Blue that affects the vault's largest single market (50% of TVL). Modeled at 50% loss on that exposure; full vault is not assumed at risk since markets are isolated.
Curator routes into a market that develops bad debt or an oracle break. Worst single position is 50.0% of TVL; top-3 concentration is 100%. Modeled at 50% bad-debt recovery on the worst position.
March 2023 SVB episode: USDC traded as low as $0.88 before banking exposure was clarified. Mark-to-market loss on 100% of vault TVL (the loan asset is USDC).
Vault has $0M idle buffer (12% of $0M TVL). $50M of the $50M request queues; the redeemer takes a ~0.75% forced-exit discount weighted across collateral mix plus 12-day TVM cost. $50M of the request exceeds the vault's $0M TVL and cannot be redeemed at all.
100% of TVL is in markets running >85% utilization. Redemption requests on that slice queue until borrowers repay; remaining LPs absorb a small forced-exit discount.
48h sequencer halt on Arbitrum. Collateral drifts while liquidations are frozen; the LLTV buffer absorbs liquidation-clearable moves, the excess accrues as bad debt. Plus a small forced-exit discount on the 100% of TVL sitting in markets above 85% utilization. Total -0.56% NAV loss.
On-chain contracts, control surface, and per-market parameters. The diligence checklist surface — every value here is what an allocator needs to copy into a memo before sizing a deposit.
Market parameters (4)
Oracle, IRM, and LLTV per Morpho Blue market the vault routes into. Click an address to inspect the contract on a block explorer.Curator and parameter changes detected by VaultScanner's snapshot diff. Refreshed every 6 hours.
180 trailing days. APY, TVL, utilization, and an APY drawdown view to show how the vault has actually behaved — not just where it sits today.