Lido plans Morpho Blue fork for lending protocol
Morpho (MORPHO)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that Lido plans to launch a Morpho Blue fork called 'Lido Lend' in Q4 2026. This entry into lending could enhance DeFi's appeal to passive investors. However, governance and risk management will be critical challenges for the new protocol.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for MORPHO, measured when this story was written up on 7 October 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Morpho is trading at $2.69 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 71.1%, indicating strong short-term buying pressure compared to the 57.5% ratio over the past 4 hours. This short-term intensity is higher than the 57.1% buy ratio seen over the last 24 hours, suggesting that buying momentum is currently building. The 1-hour volume delta is +$32,119, showing that buy volume is exceeding sell volume in this brief window. Over the last 24 hours, the volume delta stands at +$486,012, confirming that net buying has dominated the market for nearly the entire day. This is supported by 23 out of 24 hours of net buying activity.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.7% sits at the 38th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 51.0% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for MORPHO, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, Morpho saw a 7-day average buy ratio of 50.1%, meaning today's 24-hour ratio of 57.1% is 7.0 percentage points higher than the weekly norm. This indicates that buying pressure is currently above average for this coin. The 24-hour spot volume of $3,475,178 is 0.76x the weekly average, suggesting that while buying is strong, total trading volume is lower than usual. Despite lower volume, the price has risen 8.8% over the last 8 days, with a total volume delta of +$477,599 for the week. This marks an unusual day of concentrated buying relative to the typical weekly baseline.