Overview
- U.S. customers outside New York can now pledge XRP, DOGE, ADA or LTC to borrow up to $100,000 in USDC through Coinbase.
- Collateral is wrapped and moved on-chain into Morpho lending pools that run on Base, with Coinbase providing the front-end.
- The newly added tokens carry a 49% maximum loan-to-value ratio and trigger liquidation at 62.5% to account for price swings.
- Coinbase says it applies extra buffers and frequent borrower notifications after a roughly $170 million, weeklong liquidation wave earlier in February.
- The program has originated about $1.9–$2.0 billion to date, and wrapping may be treated as a taxable swap in the U.S.