INSTITUTIONAL | Crypto Enterprise Platform, FireBlocks, Launches Earn Feature for Institutions to Lend Idle Stablecoin Balances

Digital asset infrastructure firm Fireblocks has launched a new tool that allows institutional clients to earn yield on stablecoin holdings, as firms look to make idle crypto balances more productive.

The feature, called “Earn,” enables institutions to deploy stablecoins into on-chain lending strategies via decentralized finance protocols such as Aave and Morpho, the company said.

The product is initially being rolled out in early access and is designed for corporate treasuries, exchanges and fintech firms holding large volumes of stablecoins between settlement cycles. Fireblocks said such balances often sit idle due to a lack of institutional-grade infrastructure to deploy them safely.

“One of the biggest unlocks of onchain finance is the ability to put money to work every second, never letting it sit idle,” said Michael Shaulov, CEO and Co-Founder of Fireblocks.

“For the first time, institutions can put those balances to work through onchain lending strategies curated by established institutional names, inside the same platform, under the same controls they already run.

Every institution on Fireblocks now has access to a revenue line they didn’t have yesterday.”

The company, which processed about $6 trillion in stablecoin transfers in 2025 across more than 2,400 institutional clients, said the new offering integrates lending access directly within its platform, allowing users to maintain existing governance and security controls.

Returns generated through the product will depend on underlying DeFi protocols and are variable, not guaranteed, and could be zero, Fireblocks said.

The launch comes as competition intensifies among crypto firms to provide institutional gateways into decentralized lending, with rivals including

• AAVE Horizon (by AAVE)
• Coinbase Prime (by Coinbase)
• Anchorage Digital
• Nexo Institutional
• Spartk Institutional Lending

offering similar services.

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