#Crypto Asset Managers Quadruple Holdings to $4 Billion This Year


Crypto-native asset managers have expanded their #onchain allocations from $1 billion to over $4 billion since January.


Major firms have locked nearly $2 billion into the Morpho Protocol decentralized lending platform.


Gauntlet, Steakhouse Financial and Re7 control two-thirds of the market share among major managers.


#DeFi protocols are becoming the "invisible back-end" infrastructure for fintech companies.


Institutions now view DeFi as a complementary financial layer rather than a disruptive, ungoverned space.


#Crypto exchanges and wallets are embedding DeFi tools to offer stablecoin yields and borrowing services.


The three main institutional use cases are stablecoin #yield, crypto yield, and crypto borrowing services.


User experience factors like reliability and simplified interactions are driving protocol adoption decisions.

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June 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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