Zama Expands to 16 Morpho Vaults With Confidential Contracts

Zama said it has expanded confidential access to 16 curated yield vaults on Morpho, using OpenZeppelin and Zama confidential contracts, though the announcement is so far corroborated only by the parties directly involved rather than independent reporting. The privacy-focused project announced on September 15, 2026 that all 16 vaults are live through its app. The figure is the launch total for confidential access, not 16 vaults added on top of an existing 16. For related coverage, see CLARITY Act Fails to Advance in the Senate. Key Takeaways Zama expands to 16 Morpho vaults with confidential access. The expansion is described as using OpenZeppelin confidential contracts. The expansion is described as using Zama confidential contracts. The launch spans five curators, Steakhouse Financial, Armitage by Wintermute, Flowdesk, RockawayX, and Bitwise, according to Zama. The company lists 5 Steakhouse vaults, 6 Armitage vaults, 2 Flowdesk vaults, 2 RockawayX vaults, and 1 Bitwise vault. For related coverage, see CLARITY Act Senate Floor Test Needs 60 Votes to Advance. Morpho vaults with confidential access 16 Zama announced confidential access to 16 curated Morpho yield vaults on September 15, 2026. This is the launch total, not 16 additional vaults. Source: Zama. Zama frames the launch as 4 net-new confidential-only products plus confidential access to 12 existing Morpho vaults, which together make up the 16-vault total. That distinction matters for readers weighing how much is genuinely new versus a privacy layer over vaults that already existed. How the 16-vault launch breaks down 4 new + 12 existing According to Zama, the launch comprises 4 net-new confidential-only products and confidential access to 12 existing Morpho vaults. Source: Zama, September 15, 2026. The vaults cover five underlying asset classes, USDC, USDT, WBTC, AUSD, and TGBP, alongside their confidential representations, Zama said. The company also said all 16 vaults and its Confidential Swap Protocol are live via its app, with additional access through Utila, Zerion Wallet, and Yield.xyz planned for the weeks after launch. The expansion builds on a narrower starting point. Zama's June 17, 2026 announcement scheduled its original Steakhouse confidential USDC vault to open for deposits on June 23, 2026, routing deposits into the underlying USDC Prime vault on Morpho. That product used Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to keep cUSDC amounts and balances encrypted onchain, according to Zama. On the incentive side, Zama said Merkl deposits accrue rewards from launch, while claim functionality opens in the following weeks, and depositors authorize Merkl to decrypt balances for reward computation. Morpho co-founder Merlin Egalite said adding confidential vaults was an important step that would scale confidential DeFi without changing the strategy, the liquidity, or the risk profile. OpenZeppelin and Zama confidential contracts in the expansion The expansion is described as running on OpenZeppelin and Zama confidential contracts.