Borrow Against Your Bitcoin at a Fixed Rate: Coinbase Expands Morpho Loans
What Decrypt reports, why it matters and what remains unconfirmed.

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What Decrypt reports
The product lets users lock in their rate and repayment date when borrowing USDC against Bitcoin, marking the first enterprise-scale deployment of Morpho Midnight and a shift away from on-chain lending's variable-rate norm.
The immediate significance
The report identifies a technology development, but the available information does not provide enough matched evidence for a more specific impact judgment. That assessment remains open.
CoinDesk has also published a related report, providing another attributed account to compare without treating repetition as proof.
What remains unknown
- The report does not establish whether the described technology is proposed, in testing or live in production.
- No matched primary document independently supporting the central claim is linked to this page.
The named assets, right now
Spot quotes from Kraken, checked .
How the story developed
CoinDesk and Decrypt are reporting related developments. Reports are shown in publication order; separate coverage is not independent confirmation.
CoinDesk Coinbase users can now borrow USDC against bitcoin at a fixed rate
Coinbase now allows users to borrow the USDC stablecoin against their bitcoin at a fixed interest rate and repayment date.
DecryptCurrent briefing Borrow Against Your Bitcoin at a Fixed Rate: Coinbase Expands Morpho Loans
The product lets users lock in their rate and repayment date when borrowing USDC against Bitcoin, marking the first enterprise-scale deployment of Morpho Midnight and a shift away from on-chain lending's variable-rate norm.
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