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Loop apyUSD/USDC (Morpho, Ethereum)

High RiskAdvanced
LoopingLeverageMorphoApyxapyUSDUSDCEthereum
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Net APY at 4.5×

32.60%

7D Avg

38.29%

30D Avg

40.10%

Score

41

Protocol
Morpho, Apyx
Chain
Ethereum
Type
Yield
Complexity
Advanced

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APY HISTORY

TVL GROWTH

LeverageCached
2.0×7.0×
4.5×50% of max

Net APY

32.60%

Safety

41

Gross yield

66.20%

Liq. buffer

−9.6%

Net APY = collateral yield 14.71% × leverage − borrow cost 9.60% × (leverage − 1), borrowing on Morpho Blue apyUSD/USDC (Ethereum). Rates move; re-check before entering.

Overview

Notice — leveraged position with liquidation risk. Supply apyUSD on Morpho Blue, borrow USDC, swap back into apyUSD and repeat. apyUSD's value tracks an STRC-dominated reserve and can fall. LLTV 86.0% is also the liquidation point.

Yield Breakdown

Total
32.60%
Gross collateral yield (4.5×)
66.20%
Borrow cost — Morpho Blue apyUSD/USDC (Ethereum)
-33.60%

Tips

1

apyUSD can depeg, and on a leveraged position a depeg is a liquidation, not a drawdown. apyUSD is a claim on a reserve that is overwhelmingly STRC exposure. The chain is short and mechanical: STRC falls back toward its $100 reference, apyUSD's value falls with it, the Morpho oracle marks your collateral down, your LTV crosses 86.0%, and you are liquidated at the bottom. This is not hypothetical — an STRC selloff has already pushed the sister token apxUSD to roughly $0.90-0.93. Do the arithmetic before you size: at 3x a fall of about 22% in apyUSD liquidates you, at 5x about 7%, and at the LLTV's theoretical ceiling less than half a percent.

2

apyUSD's underlying prices during US market hours, not crypto's. Both the yield and your exit price can gap overnight or across a weekend, when there is no market in the underlying and nobody to arbitrage the token back. Leverage turns a gap you would have shrugged off into a liquidation you had no chance to react to.

3

Borrowable liquidity here is thin and utilisation runs high, so a loop of any real size moves the AdaptiveCurve rate against itself while it is being built — and if you cannot borrow, you also cannot deleverage. Size against the borrowable column, not the headline market size.

4

Exiting apyUSD through Apyx's primary path carries a dynamic unstake fee. For small size a secondary swap is usually cheaper; for large size compare the fee against the slippage before choosing. Work that comparison out before you open the position, not in the middle of a liquidation.

5

Looping is a funding technique, not a way to make a position safer. If you already hold the collateral, one deposit and one borrow reach an identical position — same supply, same debt, same liquidation price — without paying apyUSD's swap slippage on every round trip. See how looping maths works.

Step-by-Step Tutorial

  1. 1

    Get apyUSD

    Acquire apyUSD on Ethereum — mint it in Apyx's own app, or swap `USDC → apyUSD` on a DEX aggregator (OKX Swap / 1inch). Compare both routes and take whichever gives more; apyUSD's primary unstake path carries a dynamic fee, so the secondary route often wins for small size.

  2. 2

    Open the apyUSD/USDC market on Morpho

    Go to the apyUSD/USDC market on Morpho and connect your wallet. LLTV is 86.0% — on Morpho Blue that single number is both the borrow cap and the liquidation point.

  3. 3

    Supply apyUSD as collateral

    Use Add Collateral to supply your apyUSD. Morpho pays no interest on collateral — the collateral leg is apyUSD's own share-price accrual, which continues while it sits here.

  4. 4

    Borrow USDC

    Borrow USDC against the apyUSD. Borrowable liquidity here is thin and utilisation runs high — size against the borrowable column, not the headline market size. A loop of any real size will move the rate against itself as it is being built.

  5. 5

    Swap back into apyUSD and re-supply

    Swap the borrowed USDC into apyUSD and supply it as collateral again. Repeat until you reach your target leverage. Check the quote each round — apyUSD's secondary depth is limited and slippage compounds across rounds.

  6. 6

    You only need to loop if you cannot fund the position outright

    If you already hold the full collateral amount, you do not need to loop at all. Looping from $10,000 at 86.0% LLTV converges on roughly $71,400 supplied and $61,400 borrowed (~7x). If you already hold $71,400 of apyUSD, deposit it and borrow $61,400 in one step — identical supply, debt, leverage and liquidation price, with far fewer transactions and no repeated swap slippage. Looping is a funding technique for reaching a position you cannot fund outright — not a way to make one safer. The arithmetic is worked through in how looping maths works.

  7. 7

    Monitor, then unwind in reverse

    Track LTV against the 86.0% liquidation point — at 5x the buffer is only about 7% of collateral value. Watch the borrow rate as closely as the health factor on this market. To close, withdraw apyUSD, swap to USDC, repay, and repeat; for a large exit, consider setting the swap while US markets are open, since apyUSD's underlying prices then.

Safety Analysis

Total Strategy Safety Score:

41/100
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Score Composition

Base Safety Score
58
×
Strategy Adjustment
0.72x
=
Final Safety Score
41

Primary Risk Sources

Primary Protocol Exposure
Apyx
64
Primary Asset Exposure
apyUSD
52
Limits base score potential

Strategy Risk Adjustment

Cumulative0.72x
Hold1x
Looping (4.5× leverage)0.7153x

Risk Contribution Flow

ApyxScore: 64apyUSDScore: 52Base Score58Strategy Modifiers
Hold1x
Looping (4.5× leverage)0.7153x
Cumulative0.72x
Score41

Protocols

2
Morpho
Role:Leverage Venue
93
ApyxPrimary
Role:Collateral Issuer
64
NameRoleScore
MorphoLeverage Venue93
ApyxPrimaryCollateral Issuer64

Assets

2
apyUSDPrimary
Type:Yield-Bearing Stablecoin
52
USDC
Type:Stablecoin
100
NameTypeScore
apyUSDPrimaryYield-Bearing Stablecoin52
USDCStablecoin100

Strategy Characteristics

2
Hold
Reason:apyUSD accrues via a rising share price with no execution risk of its own
1x
Looping (4.5× leverage)
Reason:Leverage on Morpho adds liquidation risk; apyUSD's value tracks an STRC-dominated reserve, so a fall in the underlying is a direct write-down of the collateral, and thin borrowable liquidity makes deleveraging expensive
0.7153x
NameReasonMult
HoldapyUSD accrues via a rising share price with no execution risk of its own1x
Looping (4.5× leverage)Leverage on Morpho adds liquidation risk; apyUSD's value tracks an STRC-dominated reserve, so a fall in the underlying is a direct write-down of the collateral, and thin borrowable liquidity makes deleveraging expensive0.7153x