{"id":31271,"date":"2026-06-09T12:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/morpho-raises-175m-at-2b-valuation-for-institutional-defi-push\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:59:32","slug":"morpho-raises-175m-at-2b-valuation-for-institutional-defi-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/morpho-raises-175m-at-2b-valuation-for-institutional-defi-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Morpho raises $175M at $2B valuation for institutional DeFi push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Morpho Association has raised $175 million in one of decentralized finance\u2019s largest funding rounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_b0df64eb4cb5a64181968ff35d94235c\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Morpho raised $175 million from investors as institutional demand for onchain credit infrastructure expands globally.<\/li>\n<li>Morpho\u2019s official announcement highlighted plans to expand its open credit network through deeper institutional integrations.<\/li>\n<li>Coinbase, Kraken, Anchorage and Galaxy already use Morpho across lending, custody and yield products worldwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Paradigm, a16z Crypto and Ribbit Capital co-led the investment, with Apollo Funds, Circle Ventures, VanEck and Ledger Cathay also participating.<\/p>\n<p>Fortune <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/06\/09\/morpho-fundraise-a16z-crypto-paradigm-ribbit-capital-175-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> that the transaction valued Morpho at about $2 billion. Morpho\u2019s official announcement did not publish a valuation, but said the capital would support technical development, commercial integrations and wider use of its open credit infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Morpho funding brings major finance firms into DeFi credit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The round also included Variant, Wintermute Ventures, HashKey, SBI Group, Bpifrance, IOSG, Mirana and other investors. Several participants already operate across asset management, stablecoins, trading, custody and financial infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re building the open credit network for the world,\u201d Morpho co-founder Paul Frambot <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/morpho.org\/blog\/morpho-association-raises-175m-to-build-the-open-credit-network-for-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a>. He described the project as a shared system connecting capital providers with borrowers without depending on fragmented lending infrastructure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Morpho Association has raised $175M to build the open credit network for the world.<\/p>\n<p>Co-led by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/paradigm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@paradigm<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/a16zcrypto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@a16zcrypto<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RibbitCapital?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RibbitCapital<\/a> with strategic participation from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/apolloglobal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@apolloglobal<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vaneck_us?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vaneck_us<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/circle_ventures?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@circle_ventures<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ledger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ledger<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cathayinnov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cathayinnov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The round also included participation\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8dKI8V84CM\">pic.twitter.com\/8dKI8V84CM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Morpho \ud83e\udd8b (@Morpho) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Morpho\/status\/2064317262547525718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Morpho said the network has more than $11 billion in deposits. DeFiLlama separately placed Morpho Blue\u2019s total value locked near $6.57 billion. The figures use different measurements, with deposits counting supplied assets while TVL reflects DeFiLlama\u2019s methodology.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Coinbase and institutions expand Morpho\u2019s lending reach<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Morpho is already used by Coinbase, Kraken, Binance, Anchorage Digital, Galaxy Digital and Bitwise. Its software lets companies place lending and yield products inside their own platforms while settlements occur through blockchain-based markets.<\/p>\n<p>As previously reported by crypto.news, Coinbase\u2019s Morpho-powered loan service had originated more than $2.17 billion in USDC by April. Coinbase later expanded the product in the United Kingdom, allowing eligible customers to borrow up to $5 million against supported crypto assets.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, as previously reported, Morpho went live on Tempo, the payments blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm. That integration gave fintechs and businesses access to lending, borrowing and yield products using stablecoins and tokenized assets.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Morpho targets an open institutional credit network<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Morpho said it will use the funding to deepen integrations with banks, fintechs, asset managers and crypto platforms. The project does not aim to replace those firms. It plans to provide shared infrastructure that they can use to create credit products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery bank, asset manager, and pension fund will want exposure to onchain credit markets,\u201d Paradigm general partner Frankie said. The statement sets out the investors\u2019 long-term expectation, rather than a confirmed adoption timeline.<\/p>\n<p>The financing is Morpho Association\u2019s fourth institutional raise since 2021. Earlier rounds brought backing from Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, Variant, a16z Crypto and Ribbit Capital.<\/p>\n<p>Morpho now faces the task of converting new capital and institutional partnerships into lasting borrowing demand. Its growth will depend on market liquidity, risk controls, regulation and the ability of integrated platforms to attract borrowers outside crypto-native markets at scale.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morpho Association has raised $175 million in one of decentralized finance\u2019s largest funding rounds.\u00a0 Summary Morpho raised $175 million from investors as institutional demand for onchain credit infrastructure expands globally.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31272,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31271\/revisions\/31272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}