S&P Global Ratings has launched a framework for assessing the risk of digital asset lending vaults. Cointelegraph staff writer Nate Kostar reported it on Oct. 5, 2026. The framework scores each vault in six separate risk categories.
Lending vaults are investment products that run onchain. The report says they are gaining traction, with deposits across the sector now at about $10 billion. S&P Global's framework comes as more money flows into these products.
The report we have does not name the six risk categories. It also does not say which vaults have been assessed or what any assessment found. Those details are not yet known from this source.
For anyone already holding a perpetual position on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, this changes nothing directly. The framework covers lending vaults, not perpetual futures, and the report does not mention any of these exchanges. Funding rates, trading fees and order-book liquidity are not affected by this announcement.
Source: cointelegraph — S&P Global brings risk assessments to growing crypto lending vault sector