Morpho V2 and Collapsing The Cost of Trust With DeFi

Paul Frambot is the CoFounder and CEO of Morpho.

In this episode, we explore how Morpho's modular, permissionless infrastructure prices risk, allowing anyone to create lending and borrowing markets with any asset. Paul shares his insights on Morpho’s popular Coinbase integration for $600M in Bitcoin-backed loans, the growing role of RWAs, and why Morpho recently transitioned to a token-only model. We also dive into how Morpho V2 will introduce fixed-rate lending and multichain expansion, plus their grand ambition to collapse the cost of trust in finance.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
6:01 - The vision for Morpho
9:02 - Modular approach to lending and borrowing
10:35 - The role of risk curators in Morpho
13:11 - Integration with Coinbase and its impact
20:56 - The education aspect of DeFi and crypto loans
23:24 - Sponsor break
24:34 - Exploring Real World Assets (RWAs) on Morpho
28:01 - Decentralized BD for scaling Morpho
30:01 - How Morpho makes money + dissolving legacy equity
32:49 - Transitioning to a token-only model
36:14 - Sponsor break
37:40 - V2 introducing fixed rates and institutional focus
42:35 - V2 will be multichain
44:50 - The future of Morpho pricing trust
47:24 - Closing

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