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Collective post mortem August 2026
NEWEST POSTSep 3, 2026 · 21 min read

Risk in DeFi: August post-mortem

Overview This review examines eleven of August 2026’s most notable onchain incidents in date order, measuring each against Credora’s risk assessment methodology to reach a verdict on whether the methodology would cover it. It serves two ends: an account of how and why each failure happened, and a standing test of the m...

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# Default frequency and loss severity: an update to Credora vault ratings
Jul 28, 20267 min read

Default frequency and loss severity: an update to Credora vault ratings

A market holding 5% of a vault, losing 40% of its value in default, writes down 2% of the vault. A market holding 40% of a vault, losing 2% ...

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What fixed-term lending changes for risk
Jul 23, 20268 min read

Morpho Midnight risk: how fixed-term lending changes credit analysis

Morpho Midnight brings fixed-rate, fixed-term, fixed-maturity lending to Morpho, alongside the variable-rate markets of Morpho Blue. The mec...

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June 2026 collective post-mortem
Jul 14, 202620 min read

DeFi risk assessment: June 2026 collective post-mortem

This DeFi risk assessment examines seven of June 2026’s largest on-chain incidents in date order, measuring each against Credora’s risk meth...

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EtherFi weETH risk assesment
Jun 26, 20265 min read

EtherFi weETH Risk Assessment | Credora A+ Rating

weETH carries an A+ rating from Credora, with an annualised Probability of Default (PD) of 0.098%. It is the largest liquid restaking token ...

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Independent Morpho vault risk ratings for DeFi vault curators
Jun 23, 20267 min read

Independent Morpho vault risk ratings for DeFi vault curators: the KPK case

DeFi vault curators describe their positioning in qualitative terms. Conservative. Blue-chip focused. Strict on liquidity. But they are unve...

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DeFi operational security: the risk dimension that ratings haven’t measured
Jun 16, 20266 min read

DeFi operational security: the risk dimension that ratings haven’t measured

Standard DeFi risk ratings leave one category unmeasured: DeFi operational security. Market and smart contract risk both draw from establish...

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How Credora rates a DeFi vault: inside the methodology
Jun 11, 20265 min read

How Credora rates a DeFi vault: inside the methodology

Credora rates DeFi lending markets by starting with onchain data, running 100,000 Monte Carlo simulations per market across five independent...

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DeFi portfolio risk: how to compare protocols on a single scale
May 29, 20265 min read

DeFi portfolio risk: how to compare protocols on a single scale

Managing DeFi portfolio risk across multiple protocols requires something DeFi does not naturally produce: a common unit of comparison. With...

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After the Rating: What Happened to Spark Savings USDT Vault
May 19, 20266 min read

After the Rating: What Happened to Spark Savings USDT Vault

In March 2026, Credora published an independent PSL (Probability of Significant Loss) rating for the Spark Savings USDT vault. This case stu...

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