Bitwise brings its PAPY vault to Circle’s Arc for USDC-based RWA lending

Bitwise Asset Management has taken its Premium RWA Vault, better known as PAPY, to Circle’s Arc blockchain. The vault now sits atop the yield rankings among Morpho vaults on the network, posting a net APY of 4.79%. How the PAPY-USDC vault works The expansion went live on September 16, 2026, timed to coincide with Arc’s public mainnet launch. The new product, called PAPY-USDC, runs on the Morpho lending protocol using its Vault V2 architecture. Users deposit USDC, and the vault lends that money out to borrowers who post tokenized real-world assets, or RWAs, as collateral. Those loans are overcollateralized. Borrowers have to lock up more value than they take out, which gives lenders a cushion if things go sideways. The collateral accepted includes Huma Finance’s PST and sUSDai. The vault may also allocate to cirBTC markets, adding another potential lending venue. Bitwise acts as the curator but stays non-custodial. It never holds depositors’ funds directly. Instead, it sets the rules: which collateral qualifies, what loan-to-value ratios apply, and which interest-rate models the vault uses. The numbers behind the vault PAPY-USDC targets a variable APY of 5-6%. As of early October 20...