Morpho: Developing Foundational Infrastructure for DeFi Landing
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Episode Summary
In this episode, we sit down with Paul Frambot, CEO and co-founder of Morpho Labs, a team contributing to the development of the Morpho Protocol. Paul shares insights into Morpho's unique approach to governance, scalability, and the shift from monolithic to modular lending protocols. Morpho aims to provide a foundational infrastructure layer for lending, allowing users to build specific experiences on top of it. They work with existing protocols and teams to externalize risk management and enable liquidity allocation across different markets.
Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
4:09 The Era of Modular Lending
10:43 DeFi Scalability Challenges
15:35 How Morpho Works with the DeFi Ecosystem
19:02 Security and Risk Management on Morpho
21:56 Value Proposition of Morpho Vaults
27:10 Handling Interest Rates and Market Dynamics
30:20 The Morpho Blue Ecosystem
33:13 Decentralized Risk Management
37:13 The Value of Transparency and DAOs
40:19 Competing for Stablecoin Liquidity & Distribution
43:19 Morpho DAO Governance
45:59 Morpho's Upgradeability
49:39 The Value of the Morpho Token
52:26 Outro