The asset manager overseeing more than $900 billion assets may buy up to 90 million MORPHO tokens as part of a partnership to support DeFi credit market, it said.
What to know:
- Apollo Global Management struck a cooperation agreement to support lending markets built on Morpho’s onchain protocol.The deal allows Apollo to acquire up to 90 million MORPHO tokens over 48 months.The move follows BlackRock's push into decentralized finance earlier this week, listing its tokenized fund and buying tokens of decentralized exchange Uniswap.
Apollo Global Management (APO) is moving deeper into crypto, striking a deal that could make the $938 billion asset manager a major token holder in a decentralized lending platform.
The firm signed acooperation agreementwith the Morpho Association, the French non-profit organization behind the Morpho protocol, that allows Apollo and its affiliates to buy up 90 million tokensMORPHO$1,3089tokens over the next four years.
The purchases may take place through open-market buys, over-the-counter transactions and other arrangements, and are subject to ownership caps and transfer restrictions. Galaxy Digital UK acted as exclusive financial adviser to Morpho, according to the document.
Beyond the token purchases, Apollo and Morpho said they will work together to support lending markets built on Morpho’s protocol. Morpho provides infrastructure for onchain lending markets and curator-managed vaults that allocate assets across them. The protocol is governed by holders of the MORPHO token. The 90 million token stake would translate to 9% of the protocol's governance token's total supply.
The agreement adds to Apollo’s expanding blockchain footprint. Last year, the firm made a "seven-figure"investmentin blockchain projectPLUME$0.01176, which focuses on bringing traditional financial products onchain. Apollo’s credit strategies have already been tokenized via third parties. Tokenization specialist SecuritizeissuesACRED, a token that gives exposure to the Apollo Diversified Credit Fund, while AnemoyoffersACRDX, which tracks Apollo’s global private and public credit strategies.
The move comes as other asset managers test decentralized finance rails. Earlier this week, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager,saidit will make shares of its tokenized U.S. Treasury fund, BUIDL, tradable on decentralized exchange Uniswap and purchased an undisclosed amount of the protocol's governance token UNIUNI$3,4401.
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