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TLDR Lombard has partnered with Bitwise to let institutions earn yield and borrow against Bitcoin while keeping it in custody The product uses “Bitcoin Smart AccountsTLDR Lombard has partnered with Bitwise to let institutions earn yield and borrow against Bitcoin while keeping it in custody The product uses “Bitcoin Smart Accounts

Lombard and Bitwise Team Up to Let Institutions Earn Yield on Bitcoin

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2026/03/25 16:06
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TLDR

  • Lombard has partnered with Bitwise to let institutions earn yield and borrow against Bitcoin while keeping it in custody
  • The product uses “Bitcoin Smart Accounts” to connect institutional custody with onchain finance
  • Morpho, a decentralized lending protocol, will provide the borrowing infrastructure
  • Lombard estimates $500 billion in Bitcoin sits in institutional custody, largely untapped in DeFi
  • The rollout is planned for Q2 2026, with more custodians to be added over time

Lombard, a Bitcoin lending infrastructure company, has announced a partnership with Bitwise Asset Management to help institutions put their Bitcoin to work without moving it out of custody.

The deal was revealed at the Digital Asset Summit in New York. It targets asset managers, corporate treasuries, and high-net-worth individuals who hold large amounts of Bitcoin but have had few options to generate returns from it.

Bitwise will build the yield strategies. These will combine decentralized finance lending with tokenized real-world assets. Morpho, a decentralized lending protocol, will handle the infrastructure for borrowing against Bitcoin.

The platform uses Bitcoin-native tools, including partially signed transactions and timelocks, to verify collateral. This allows positions to be represented onchain without actually transferring the underlying Bitcoin.

Phillips said the system removes three key risks at once: custody risk, bridge risk, and counterparty risk. These have historically made institutional Bitcoin lending difficult or unattractive.

Lombard estimates that around $500 billion worth of Bitcoin is currently held in institutional custody. Most of that sits outside onchain financial markets, generating no yield.

Bitcoin in DeFi Is Still Small but Growing

Bitcoin’s total value locked in DeFi sits at roughly $2.93 billion, according to DefiLlama data. That is a small slice of Bitcoin’s total market cap of around $1.4 trillion, but the number has been growing.

Source: DefiLlama

Babylon Protocol currently leads Bitcoin-based DeFi with about $2.8 billion in total value locked. Lombard ranks second at around $744 million.

Other signs of momentum include Telegram adding yield-generating vaults to its crypto wallet in February, covering Bitcoin, Ether, and USDT. In March, Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon integrated with hardware wallet maker Ledger, letting users earn yield while keeping self-custody through hardware-based transaction signing.

In January, Bitwise had already teamed up with Morpho to launch non-custodial vaults for generating yield through overcollateralized lending.

What Changes for Institutional Investors

For institutions, the existing options have been limited. Earning yield or accessing liquidity from Bitcoin typically meant exiting custody, taking on counterparty risk, or triggering a taxable event.

The Lombard-Bitwise model is designed to avoid all three. By keeping the Bitcoin in its original custody arrangement, institutions do not need to change how they hold the asset.

Phillips described it as moving Bitcoin from a passive store of value to productive capital. The rollout is planned for Q2 2026, with Lombard saying it will add more custodians and protocols after launch.

The post Lombard and Bitwise Team Up to Let Institutions Earn Yield on Bitcoin appeared first on CoinCentral.

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