Clearstar Boring 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 lend USDC on Base and earn interest from borrowers who pledge WETH or cbBTC as collateral on Morpho Blue. The vault puts 100% of deposits to work immediately—there's no idle cash. The borrower interest rate adjusts automatically based on supply and demand in each market.
Clearstar runs this vault as a straightforward stablecoin lender, allocating 59% to WETH borrowers and 41% to cbBTC borrowers.
The 4.37% APY comes from 3.71% in borrower interest (both WETH and cbBTC markets are 90% utilized) plus 0.66% from Morpho incentive programs and curator rebates on those markets.
Both collateral types (WETH and cbBTC) sit at 86% loan-to-value—meaning a ~14% price drop triggers liquidation. The vault has no buffer of un-borrowed cash, so any friction in liquidation execution could briefly delay redemptions. USDC itself shows no depeg risk.
Good fit for an allocator seeking low-complexity yield on a stablecoin if comfortable with WETH and Bitcoin collateral risk and if the 4.37% all-in return justifies the liquidation mechanics exposure.
How the composite risk score breaks down. Every number traces to an explicit input — /methodology documents each factor's formula.
Safe and boring yields. Only exposure to the most liquid markets. Zero fees forever.
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 90.1%, leaving little idle buffer. Large same-day redemptions may queue behind active loan repayments.
Weighted LLTV across markets is 86.0%. Sharp collateral drawdowns can trigger cascading liquidations faster than vault parameters can be adjusted.
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 (59% 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 59.2% 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).
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.
Vault has $0M idle buffer (10% of $0M TVL). $50M of the $50M request queues; the redeemer takes a ~0.50% forced-exit discount weighted across collateral mix plus 13-day TVM cost. $50M of the request exceeds the vault's $0M TVL and cannot be redeemed at all.
48h sequencer halt on Base. 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 -0.58% 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 (5)
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.