Research firm Gauntlet is going to work on lending protocol Morpho, designing and managing risk for lending vaults.

The firm will curate various lending vaults using Metamorpho, an open-source protocol for permissionless lending vaults on top of Morpho, according to a statement shared with The Block. Such lending vaults combine isolated markets and multi-asset lending pools to provide users with a way to earn yield on their assets.

“Working with a team of quants used to trading in milliseconds, we’ve always looked for faster paths to proactively manage risk and capture growth opportunities. MetaMorpho is our best opportunity yet to directly stress test our capabilities,” said Nick Cannon, VP Growth at Gauntlet. 

This comes as Gauntlet had recently exited its collaboration with …