UltraYield 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.
You deposit USDC on Optimism and the vault lends it out to borrowers posting Bitcoin, Ethereum, or staked Ethereum as collateral on Morpho Blue markets. The interest rate you earn is set by supply and demand — how much borrowers want to borrow against those collaterals — and right now demand is high (88–90% of the lendable Bitcoin and Ethereum is already borrowed out).
UltraYield runs this vault, concentrating 79% into WBTC borrowing demand and 19% into WETH, with negligible staked-Ethereum exposure.
The 5.90% APY breaks down to 5.02% from borrower interest payments (the main source) and 0.88% from Morpho protocol incentives and curator rebates currently active on these markets.
The vault is almost entirely exposed to Bitcoin and Ethereum collateral risk — if either depreciates sharply, borrowers could be liquidated and the vault could face underwater collateral. Liquidation happens at 86% of current price on both markets, and both are already 88–90% borrowed against, leaving thin margin for price moves.
Good fit for an allocator comfortable with directional crypto collateral risk in exchange for 5.9% yield on stablecoin deposits; avoid if you need principal stability across volatile crypto markets.
How the composite risk score breaks down. Every number traces to an explicit input — /methodology documents each factor's formula.
The UltraYield USDC vault curated by the UltraYield team provides diversified exposure to various Morpho markets by lending USDC to achieve an optimized risk-adjusted return.
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 88.4%, 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 (79% 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 79.3% 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).
99% 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 (12% of $0M TVL). $50M of the $50M request queues; the redeemer takes a ~0.51% 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.
48h sequencer halt on Optimism. 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 99% of TVL sitting in markets above 85% utilization. Total -0.55% 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.