The crypto financial infrastructure company Morpho has completed a $175 million financing round, led by a16z Crypto and Paradigm

According to a report by Fortune, the DeFi lending protocol Morpho has completed a $175 million financing round at a valuation of $2 billion, led by a16z crypto, Paradigm, and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Apollo Funds, Circle Ventures, VanEck, and others.

Morpho allows institutions to customize lending markets and risk parameters on-chain, and has already attracted users such as Coinbase, Kraken, Anchorage Digital, and Galaxy Digital. The protocol has a total locked value of approximately $6.6 billion and is accelerating its competition with traditional DeFi lending protocols like Aave, while planning to further expand into high-yield DeFi asset allocations sought by traditional financial institutions.