Morpho: Building a Unicorn from College with Paul Frambot

21/01/2025 51 min

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Episode Synopsis

Paul Frambot, co-founder and CEO of Morpho Labs, joins the show to discuss Morpho’s transformative impact on decentralized lending. From building a permissionless protocol to scaling Morpho’s ecosystem to $6 billion TVL, Paul shares insights into the protocol’s unique architecture, the challenges of creating risk-managed lending markets, and why Morpho is distinct from platforms like AAVE. With discussions on token strategies, cross-chain deployments, and institutional DeFi adoption, this episode is packed with actionable insights for the DeFi space.

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📚 Chapters
00:00 Intro & Paul Frambot’s Journey
01:49 Building Morpho in France
06:07 What Makes Morpho Unique
11:32 Curators’ Role in Risk Management
20:14 Fee Switch & Open Source Transition
29:52 Token Transferability
35:37 Scaling Morpho Cross-Chain
44:41 Fintechs & Institutional DeFi Adoption
47:03 Is Morpho Competing with AAVE?
49:25 Challenges of Building Morpho

🔗 Links
Morpho’s Mission: https://morpho.mirror.xyz/Df_r4-mDzR-xFLA3P3amuhzwq4GjuuNOnOiiVizx6ZU

MIP 87 - Crosschain Deployments Framework: https://forum.morpho.org/t/mip-87-crosschain-deployments-framework/1199

Call for Grants: https://forum.morpho.org/t/call-for-grants/1177


🌐 Socials
Paul Frambot - https://x.com/PaulFrambot
Morpho Labs - https://morpho.org/
Sebastien Couture - https://x.com/seb3point0

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