Alpha USDC Forex V2
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 and earn 8.71% APY by lending it to borrowers who post USP (a stablecoin) as collateral. The vault is fully deployed—all USDC is lent out at any given time—and interest rates are set by market-clearing supply and demand on Morpho Blue.
AlphaPing runs the vault and operates a stablecoin-to-stablecoin lending book with no idle buffer.
The 8.71% APY comes entirely from USDC borrowing demand against USP collateral. At 85% utilization, most deposited USDC is actively lent; no yield comes from incentive programs or idle reserves.
The material risk is USP depeg. If USP falls below ~86% of USDC value (the collateral seizure threshold), borrowers face liquidation; larger depeg could leave lenders holding USP collateral worth less than borrowed USDC. Scoring flags no elevated risks beyond this structural dependency.
Good fit for allocators seeking straightforward stablecoin yield if comfortable with USP depeg as a known, priced risk; avoid if you require diversified collateral or a cash buffer for redemptions.
How the composite risk score breaks down. Every number traces to an explicit input — /methodology documents each factor's formula.
Alpha USDC Forex allocates USDC into overcollateralized on-chain credit markets with a core focus on foreign exchangerelated strategies. Exposure is primarily directed toward institutional FX liquidity cross-currency funding and market-neutral currency arbitrage structures operating within defined risk and liquidity constraints. The mandate emphasizes disciplined leverage structured collateral frameworks and transparent on-chain execution.
Morpho V2 vault — wraps downstream Morpho markets and V1 vaults via adapters.
Some V2 adapters point at Morpho Blue markets directly; their underlying market detail isn't resolvable in the universe-level fetch, so this vault carries a V2 opacity surcharge in the risk model.
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.
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).
V2 vaults route through adapters into downstream venues. A misbehaving adapter (paused, drained, or pointing at a compromised target) can lock or mismark a portion of the vault until governance acts.
Vault has $4M idle buffer (100% of $4M TVL). $46M of the $50M request queues; the redeemer takes a ~0.50% forced-exit discount weighted across collateral mix plus 0-day TVM cost. $46M of the request exceeds the vault's $4M TVL and cannot be redeemed at all.
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 (1)
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.