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What is Morpho?
Morpho is a non-custodial lending and lending optimizer protocol built on Ethereum. Morpho was founded by Paul Frambot, Merlin Egalite, Mathis Gontier Delaunay, Julien Thomas and launched in 2022.How does Morpho work?
Lenders deposit funds into Morpho and earn interest from borrowers or interest (and token incentives) from third-party lending protocols (supply-side fees).Who governs Morpho?
MORPHO tokenholders own and govern the protocol. They currently do not take a cut of the interest and third-party token incentives earned by lenders (revenue). Morpho's investors include a16z, Coinbase Ventures, Semantic Ventures, etc.Related posts
Weekly fundamentals — The onchain lending landscape is morphing
A weekly data digest for the leading crypto investors and operators.Morpho – Building a secure protocol & the launch of Morpho-AaveV3 | Fundamentals ep.52
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we're joined by Merlin Egalite – Co-Founder of Morpho – a lending pool optimizer that operates a peer-to-peer layer built on top of lending pools such as Compound and Aave, to dive into the details behind Morpho-Aave V3, and the teams approach to building a truly secure protocol.The values in this graphic are examples and do not reflect actual values. Treat them as approximations.