Morpho
DeFi · Decentralized LendingToken Transparency Filing
Project & Team
Description of Project
Provide a narrative description of the purpose of the project.
Morpho is an onchain credit network with currently $10B+ in deposits connecting lenders and borrowers to the optimal opportunities worldwide. Its open and modular infrastructure enables fintechs, enterprises, and institutions to embed configurable credit products directly into their platforms, while maintaining full control over the user experience. Leaders like Coinbase, Bitwise Asset Management, Société Générale, Kraken, Fireblocks, and Galaxy already build on Morpho to deploy secure, scalable onchain credit products. Morpho began as an optimization layer on top of existing lending protocols but quickly evolved into standalone, foundational credit infrastructure with its isolated variable rate markets (Morpho Blue) and curated vaults (Morpho Vaults). Morpho Midnight is the next step: Morpho’s latest protocol for fixed rate, fixed term lending markets going live at the end of Q2 2026. Midnight enables predictable credit on the same network, providing DeFi with a term structure that gives participants full control over rate, risk, and duration. Together, they unlock new ways to lend, borrow, and manage liquidity onchain. MORPHO is the governance token of the Morpho Protocol. It is used to signal governance preferences over protocol-controlled resources.
Known Project Team
For each existing entity, list key team members with full name, official title, and prior experience. Explicitly mark non-existent entities.
Foundation
Full Name | Official Title | Prior Experience |
|---|---|---|
Paul Frambot | Co-founder / CEO / President of the Association. | Telecom Paris & Institut Polytechnique, blockchain engineer, crypto since 2016 |
Merlin Egalité | Co-founder / Head of integration. | CentraleSupélec (AI), white hat Kleros, dev Commons Stack, resident Genius Global |
Blockworks note: The project exists as a french non profit (Morpho Association) and a DAO (5/9 multisig). |
DAO Structure
Describe DAO governance, powers, economic rights, and control surfaces. If no DAO exists, state so and still address current tokenholder governance rights and economic arrangements.
- (a) IP ownership & control — State what IP the DAO owns or controls (e.g., codebases/repos, trademarks/brands). Note any license if relevant.
- (b) Contract/admin powers — List on-chain or administrative authorities and limits: pause/upgrade roles, governance-executor authorities, and the method of authority for each.
- (c) Locked-token rights (conditional) — If locking/staking for additional rights exists, explain the additional rights and what tokenholders can and cannot decide. If no locking mechanism exists, leave absent.
- (d) Current tokenholder governance rights and economic arrangements — If any, describe current governance rights of tokenholders and presently operative rights or arrangements relating to treasury actions, fee-routing, rewards, buybacks, or other protocol-controlled resources. If none, state that explicitly.
- (e) Control surface reliance — If any, briefly describe the anticipated or possible evolution of the protocol's governance/control model.
- (f) Dissolution authority — State who can dissolve/wind up the DAO and by what mechanism.
(a) IP ownership & control
The Morpho DAO does not directly own anything as it has no legal existence. All the IP is held by the non-profit and shareholder free entity: Morpho Association, the French entity stewarding the network.
(b) Contract/admin powers
The DAO's onchain authority is exercised exclusively through the governance Safe. The Safe is the owner of Morpho Blue, Wrapped MORPHO, MORPHO on Base, and the MorphoOFTAdapter. No onchain Governor or TimelockController is deployed; Snapshot voting at snapshot.org/#/s: morpho.eth. No separate emergency multisig exists. See more details here: https://docs.morpho.org/learn/governance/organization/
(c) Locked-token rights (conditional)
No locking or staking mechanism currently exists for MORPHO. No additional governance, revenue-share, or economic rights are conditioned on locking.
(d) Current tokenholder governance rights and economic arrangements
As of 17.6.2026 no fee switch has been turned on resulting in no economic arrangements. Tokenholders have governance rights related to treasury actions, fee-routing, etc. Those rights can be exercised via request on the morpho forum and a snapshot vote. See more details here: https://docs.morpho.org/learn/governance/organization/
(e) Control surface reliance
Protocols are immutable. See more details on governance here: https://docs.morpho.org/learn/governance/organization/
(f) Dissolution authority
The Morpho DAO is not a legal entity (no DUNA, BORG, foundation or trust wraps the DAO), so there is no formal "dissolution" process. The governance Safe can, in principle, be dissolved or rendered inactive by the 9 signers (via transfer of ownership of each controlled contract, or by emptying the treasury under a passed Snapshot vote)
Primary Foundation
Describe the Primary Foundation, including entity details, IP ownership, governance or token powers, contract/admin powers, and economic arrangements. If it does not exist, state so explicitly.
- (a) Entity — Type and jurisdiction.
- (b) IP ownership & control — What IP the entity owns/controls and an explanation of any subsidiary entities.
- (c) Powers over DAO, treasury, protocol-controlled resources, and token administration — If any, describe current powers over DAO governance, treasury actions, protocol-controlled resources, token administration, or reward parameters, and the method/threshold for each.
- (d) Powers over DevCo — Explain whether the Foundation can exert direct or indirect influence over decision-making of the Developer Company.
- (e) Contract/admin powers — Pause/upgrade/governance-executor authorities and the method/threshold for each.
- (f) Current economic arrangements and distribution policies — Describe current governance-approved, contractual, or programmatic mechanisms by which protocol-controlled resources may be directed to this entity, its equityholders, contributors, or other participants. If none exist, state that explicitly.
(a) Entity
Morpho Association is an association governed by French law (law of July 1, 1901), with its registered office in France. It exists to provide a legal and operational framework around the Morpho ecosystem, without exercising control over the protocols.
(b) IP ownership & control
All the technical documentation, SDKs, frontend interfaces, the "Morpho" trademark/brand, socials, and the primary domains (morpho.org, app.morpho.org, docs.morpho.org, help.morpho.org) and their hosting.
(c) Powers over DAO, treasury, protocol-controlled resources, and token administration
The Morpho Association has no power over the DAO governance or its treasury actions. The Morpho Association has power over protocol-controlled resources only in the sense of offchain IP and its own Association-held resources. Token administration is not Association-controlled; it is controlled by Morpho governance through Snapshot vote + multisig execution. See more details on governance here: https://docs.morpho.org/learn/governance/organization/
(d) Powers over DevCo
As noted above, the DevCo, Morpho SAS, was dissolved in the fourth quarter of 2025.
(e) Contract/admin powers
For onchain contract/admin powers, everything routes through the governance Safe, except rewards - distributed via Merkl (following MIP-111). Association power is not contract-admin power. See more details on governance here: https://docs.morpho.org/learn/governance/organization/
(f) Current economic arrangements and distribution policies
The Morpho Association is a French association loi 1901 it has no equityholders and cannot distribute profits to members. Its legal structure "provides legal guarantees that all spending by the association goes towards its sole mission of growing the Morpho network". The Association funds its operations through the $MORPHO grants it receives from the DAO and the proceeds from selling some of these assets. No other currently operative programmatic mechanism, contract, or governance-approved arrangement routes protocol treasury assets, fees or revenue to the Association.
Primary Developer Company
Describe the Primary Developer Company, including entity details, IP ownership, governance or token powers, contract/admin powers, and economic arrangements. If it does not exist, state so explicitly.
- (a) Entity — Type and jurisdiction.
- (b) IP ownership & control — What IP the entity owns/controls and an explanation of any subsidiary entities.
- (c) Powers over DAO, treasury, protocol-controlled resources, and token administration — If any, describe current powers over DAO governance, treasury actions, protocol-controlled resources, token administration, or reward parameters, and the method/threshold for each.
- (d) Powers over Foundation — Explain whether the Developer Company can exert direct or indirect influence over decision-making of the Foundation.
- (e) Contract/admin powers — Pause/upgrade/governance-executor authorities and the method/threshold for each.
- (f) Current economic arrangements and distribution policies — Describe current governance-approved, contractual, or programmatic mechanisms by which protocol-controlled resources may be directed to this entity, its equityholders, contributors, or other participants. If none exist, state that explicitly.
(a) Entity
Not existing anymore: Morpho Labs SAS, a French société par actions simplifiée (SAS), is the original primary Developer Company that developed and deployed the Morpho Protocol. As publicly communicated by Morpho ("aligning around Morpho — the only asset for Morpho", see https://morpho.org/blog/aligning-around-morpho-the-only-asset-for-morpho/), Morpho'sentity structure was consolidated so that the MORPHO token is the sole asset and all core IP and commercial activity flow through the Morpho Association. Morpho Labs SAS is no longer active/existant and the Morpho Association is now the sole entity.
(b) IP ownership & control
N/A
(c) Powers over DAO, treasury, protocol-controlled resources, and token administration
N/A
(d) Powers over Foundation
N/A
(e) Contract/admin powers
N/A
(f) Current economic arrangements and distribution policies
N/A
Affiliated Protocol Contributor
Identify affiliated protocol contributors and explain their control, funding, or operational relationship to the project. If none exist, state so explicitly.
- (a) Identity & role — Legal name, entity type, jurisdiction, and role.
- (b) Parameter control & scope — If any, what major protocol parameters the APC controls; include the method of authority. If none, say so.
- (c) Contract/admin powers — If any, provide pause/upgrade powers, governance-executor authorities and limitations; include the method/threshold for each. If none, say so.
- (d) Compensation and material economic arrangements — If any protocol-generated resources or economic value is dynamically routed to the APC, describe the arrangement. If none, state that explicitly.
(d) Compensation and material economic arrangements
Blockworks note: N/A - The Morpho Protocol does not have any Affiliated Protocol Contributor as defined herein. Contributions to the Protocol's code, operations, and governance flow through one of two disclosed entities: (i) Morpho Association & (ii) Morpho Labs Inc.
Token Supply
Initial Allocation
Disclose launch and initial supply details in a single initial allocation schedule covering the token's launch. Include:
- (a) Launch supply totals — The total number of tokens issued at launch, the total number of tokens locked at launch, and the total number of tokens unlocked at launch.
- (b) Recipient categories & use of funds — The recipient categories with brief explanations as to how the category will use the tokens so an auditor can distinguish each bucket.
- (c) Initial price per token — The expected initial price per token.
- (d) Ticker / market symbol — The ticker/market symbol.
- (e) Total supply & supply regime — The total supply and whether the supply is fixed (if not explain inflation rate or deflation rate).
- (f) Initial vesting / release schedules — The initial vesting/release schedules (identify which categories/recipients are subject to vesting and the high-level timing logic).
(a) Launch supply totals
The token was deployed on 24 June 2022 as a non-transferable token with a total supply of 1,000,000,000 MORPHO. After governance proposal MIP-75, transferability was enabled on 21 November 2024. At initial allocation (7 November 2024 snapshot published in docs), 100% of supply was already distributed across recipient categories (below); with a substantial fraction being subject to lockup/vesting contracts and another large fraction being unallocated.
(b) Recipient categories & use of funds
- Morpho DAO governance treasury — 32.08%. Held at the 5/9 governance Safe 0xcBa28b38103307Ec8dA98377ffF9816C164f9AFa. Released pursuant to governance decisions and operational needs; used for protocol-controlled resource deployment at the DAO's discretion (grants, ecosystem incentives, rewards, treasury operations).
- Investors — 25.52%, across three rounds. Round 1 (6.80%) and Round 2 (12.02%) completed vesting by 11 June 2025 and are fully vested; Round 3 (6.23%) is subject to a two-year linear vest following a one-year lockup from 21 November 2024, with full vesting by 21 November 2027.
- Founders — 15.20%. Subject to a relock agreement: a 12-month cliff beginning on the earlier of (i) 21 November 2024 or (ii) 17 May 2025, followed by 24-month daily linear vesting. As transferability was enabled on 21 November 2024, the cliff expired 21 November 2025, with full vesting by 21 November 2027. Approximately 20% vested as of April 2026.
- Strategic Partners — 12.70%. Comprises strategic distributors (4.64% of total supply, ~64% disbursed to date) and ecosystem partners, released through a mix of vesting schedules and direct distributions.
- MORPHO Contributors — 7.90%. Post-TGE employee/contributor grants under standard vesting terms: 3.50% allocated to contributors on variable vesting schedules (~60% vested to date), plus 4.40% held in a contributors reserve that remains unvested and unallocated.
- Users — 6.60%. User rewards via the launch-pool program (now routed through Merkl per MIP-111); fully disbursed.
(c) Initial price per token
MORPHO was non-transferable at deployment and there was no fixed offering price or public sale at the Token Generation Event. Price discovery occurred via secondary-market CEX and DEX trading once transferability was enabled on 21 November 2024. No fixed initial price was set by the issuer.
(d) Ticker / market symbol
$MORPHO
(e) Total supply & supply regime
The total Supply of Morpho is 1,000,000,000.
(f) Initial vesting / release schedules
- Founders (15.2%): 2-year linear vest with a 1-year lockup from 21 November 2024.
- Investors Cohort 1 (4.0%, September 2021): 3-year linear vest with a 6-month lockup. Fully vested.
- Investors Cohort 2 (16.8%, March 2022): relocked. 6-month linear vest with a 6-month lockup.
- Investors Cohort 3 (6.7%, May 2024): 2-year linear vest with a 1-year lockup from 21 November 2024.
- Early Contributors (4.9%): 3-year vest with a 6-month lockup.
- Partly individual Vesting Schedules or no lockup: Strategic Partners (12.70%), MORPHO Contributors (7.90%)
- No Lockup: Users (6.60%), Morpho DAO governance treasury (32.50%) Reference: https://docs.morpho.org/learn/governance/morpho-token
Vesting Insider Tokens
If there are not post-TGE token compensation plans state explicitly they do not exist. If there are then state the:
- A) Post-TGE employee lock as % of circulation. State the current total amount of tokens locked or unvested attributable to post-TGE employees, expressed as a percentage of current circulating supply. If circulation isn't used, an explicitly labeled equivalent (e.g., "% of total supply" or "% of FDV") is acceptable. Must include an "as of" timestamp.
- B) Typical post-TGE vesting schedule. Describe the standard vesting terms used for post-TGE grants, including: cliff length (or "no cliff"), vesting frequency (e.g., monthly/quarterly), and total duration. If variants exist (e.g., performance grants), note the typical range.
(a) Post-TGE employee lock as % of total circulation
The source pool is the 7.9% Contributor Reserve genesis allocation for current and future contributors to the Morpho Protocol. That is 79,000,000 MORPHO tokens, 44% of which are allocated to current or past contributors.
(b) Typical post-TGE vesting schedule
Standard terms are 1 year cliff with subsequent 3 years vesting. Vesting happens on a per block basis over 4 years in total.
Disclosure of Token Advisory Billings
Disclose token-based compensation for external advisors and service providers (e.g., legal, marketing, technical, growth) funded from the on-chain treasury or token reserves held by the Foundation, Labs/DevCo, or similar entities. You do not need to disclose individual names, roles, salaries, or any advisors receiving fiat-only compensation. Provide:
- (a) Whether any such token-based payments or advisory commitments exist (or explicitly state that no token-based compensation for advisory commitments exist).
- (b) The total token allocation across all advisory services (tokens paid and/or reserved in aggregate).
- (c) The payer entity (e.g., Foundation, Labs/DevCo, DAO/treasury).
- (d) A brief description of the advisory/services (e.g., "legal and regulatory advisory," "growth and BD support," "security advisory").
- Existence: Token-based payments exist (in Morpho and USDC)
- Total token allocation: Advisors received roughly 5m $MORPHO in aggregate via an advisor vesting smart contract
- Payer entity: The payer entity Is the Morpho Association
- Description of advisory/services: - Growth & Protocol support.
- Security & Token Advisory
KOL Marketing Activities
Disclose ongoing KOL/influencer relationships that partially or fully received tokens for payment. Do not need to disclose KOL/influencers that do not receive tokens for payment. Use lettered sub-items:
- (a) Existence & scope: State plainly whether KOLs receive tokens for payment, if none say so.
- (b) Usernames & roles: List usernames/handles (with platforms) for participating KOLs and describe their roles/activities. Legal names are not required.
- (c) Token allocation & vesting/locks: Say whether tokens were allocated to KOLs. If yes, provide the aggregate token amount across all KOLs and summarize vesting/lock terms (e.g., cliff and vest length, or "no vest/locks").
- Existence & scope: There are no past or ongoing KOL/influencer relationships receiving MORPHO token compensation from the Morpho DAO treasury or the Morpho Association.
- Usernames & roles: N/A
- Token allocation & vesting/locks: N/A
Labelled Unissued & Operational Token Wallets
Publicly label all wallets that hold Unissued Tokens (e.g., foundation, operations, treasury, investor reserve), keep each category in distinct wallets (a unique address per category), and disclose who controls each wallet (DAO multisig, foundation, labs/devco, operations, or contract controller + admin). Include one verification link per wallet (docs or explorer). Definition: Unissued Supply = tokens authorized by the contract but not yet issued to any party; where they sit (treasury or mint authority) does not change that they are unissued. For instance: if a token has a total supply cap of 1B, and 400M tokens have been issued to investors, the team, and users (whether vested or unlocked), then those 400M count as issued supply. The remaining 600M are authorized but unissued supply, even if they are already minted into a DAO treasury wallet.
Title | Primary Function | Chain | Address | Control Mechanism | Explorer Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morpho DAO Governance Treasury | Holds DAO treasury, distributes DAO related payments and executes DAO decisions of DAO governance. | Ethereum | 0xcBa28b38103307Ec8dA98377ffF9816C164f9AFa | Gnosis Safe v1.3.0, 5-of-9 multisig | https://etherscan.io/address/0xcBa28b38103307Ec8dA98377ffF9816C164f9AFa |
Rewards Safe | Operational Safe used for MORPHO rewards distribution to Morpho Protocol | Ethereum, base, polygon, OP Mainnet, Katana | 0xF057afeEc22E220f47AD4220871364e9E828b2e 9 | Gnosis Safe 3-of-5 multisig | https://etherscan.io/address/0xF057afeEc22E220f47AD4220871364e9E828b2e9 |
users. DAO owned | |||||
Morpho Association Master Safe | Primary Safe of the Morpho Association (the Foundation). Holds Association’s onchain funds. | Ethereum and Base | 0x6abfd6139c7c3cc270ee2ce132e309f59caaf6a2 | Gnosis Safe 3-of-8 multisig | https://etherscan.io/address/0x6abfd6139c7c3cc270ee2ce132e309f59caaf6a2 |
Morpho Association Ops Safe | Operational Safe of the Morpho Association (the Foundation)f or smaller day to day transactions. | Ethereum, Base, Base, Polygon | 0x4d2008931e86E97D676767c49A1089f5Dd90fd30 | Gnosis Safe 2-of-8 multisig | https://etherscan.io/address/0x4d2008931e86E97D676767c49A1089f5Dd90fd30 |
Contributor Grants SAFE | Safe to distribute 7.9% of total Supply to MORPHO contributors. Owned by the DAO | Ethereum | 0x53051Ef9E20cB8Ad9262b77754b1D95e7B79b28 1 | Gnosis Safe 3-of-8 multisig | https://etherscan.io/address/0x53051Ef9E20cB8Ad9262b77754b1D95e7B79b281 |
Contributor Grants SAFE 2 | Safe to distribute 7.9% of total Supply to MORPHO contributors. Owned by the DAO | Ethereum, Polygon | 0x1590e7F4c3E1B4493Abb462e34593aef3A9397Dd | Gnosis Safe 3-of-8 multisig | https://etherscan.io/address/0x1590e7F4c3E1B4493Abb462e34593aef3A9397Dd |
Operative SAFE | Operative SAFE owned by the Association | Ethereum | 0xD81E0983e8e133d34670728406d08637374e545D | Gnosis Safe 2-of-5 multisig | https://etherscan.io/address/0xD81E0983e8e133d34670728406d08637374e545D |
Operative SAFE | Operative SAFE owned by the Association | Ethereum, base, polygon | 0xd2C7eF9f4d30C476C135449949f124A4D3f14526 | Gnosis Safe 2-of-7 multisig | https://etherscan.io/address/0xd2C7eF9f4d30C476C135449949f124A4D3f14526 |
Blockworks note: The following onchain wallets hold Unissued Tokens or are essential to Morpho operations. The |
Market Structure
Market Maker Agreements & Deals
Projects must disclose all material terms of market-making arrangements that affect token liquidity. If the project has no agreements or deals with market makers, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit. For each market maker, include in a table:
- (a) Market maker's name — the market maker's name;
- (b) Token allocation or loaned amount — the token allocation or loaned amount as a percentage of total supply;
- (c) Duration/term of agreement — the duration/term of the agreement; and, where applicable,
- (d) Name of agreement structure — label the financial vehicle being used in the agreement (i.e. loan, option/call, retainer model) without describing trading strategy or expected outcomes.
If the project has no agreements or deals with market makers, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit. If no native tokens were loaned or allocated to market makers, state that explicitly; cash/fiat retainers or fees are not required for this item.
- Market Maker Name: Confidential
- Token Allocation Committed: ~400k/0,0004%
- Term Duration: 12 months
- Structure Name: Option Loan
- Market Maker Name: Confidential
- Token Allocation Committed: ~300k/0,0003%
- Term Duration: 12 months
- Structure Name: Option Loan
- Market Maker Name: Confidential
- Token Allocation Committed: ~300k/0,0003%
- Term Duration: 12 months
- Structure Name: Option Loan
Blockworks note: ~1 million $MORPHO tokens have been loaned to 2026 Market Makers. The following are the market makers with whom we are currently working. In the prior year before we had worked with Keyrock, Auros for similar amounts.
CEX / DEX Agreements & Deals
Projects must disclose all material terms of centralized or decentralized exchange listings that affect token liquidity. For each listing, include in a table:
- (a) Exchange name / DEX pool — the exchange name (and, for DEX, the specific pool/pair);
- (b) Token allocation for listing — the token allocation supplied or committed for listing as a percentage of total supply;
- (c) Term Duration — the duration/term of any listing lockups, liquidity, or incentive programs; and, where applicable,
- (d) Native-token listing fees — whether any listing fees were paid in native tokens, with amounts (tokens or % of supply), recipients, and any vesting or lock terms tied to the partnership.
If the project has no agreements or deals with CEX or DEX, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit. If no native-token listing fees were paid, state that explicitly; cash/fiat fee amounts are not required for this item.
Blockworks note: Across all listings roughly 1% of the total $MORPHO supply has been spent on exchange listings.
(a) Exchange name / DEX pool
Here's the full spot market breakdown for MORPHO from CoinMarketCap (66 trading pairs total — 56 on CEXs, 10 on DEXs). Volumes are 24h, as of the page right now. CEX
- Exchange: Binance
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT, MORPHO/USDC, MORPHO/TRY
- Exchange: OKX
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT, MORPHO/USD, MORPHO/USDC
- Exchange: Coinbase Exchange
- Pairs: MORPHO/USD
- Exchange: Kraken
- Pairs: MORPHO/USD, MORPHO/EUR
- Exchange: Bybit
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Bitget
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Gate
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: KuCoin
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: MEXC
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT, MORPHO/USDC
- Exchange: HTX
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: BingX
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Crypto.com
- Pairs: MORPHO/USD
- Exchange: BitMart
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: LBank
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Bithumb
- Pairs: MORPHO/KRW
- Exchange: Bitvavo
- Pairs: MORPHO/EUR
- Exchange: WhiteBIT
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Binance TR
- Pairs: MORPHO/TRY
- Exchange: Binance TH
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT, MORPHO/USDC
- Exchange: BtcTurk
- Pairs: Kripto
- Exchange: CEX.IO
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT, MORPHO/USD
- Exchange: Biconomy.com
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT, MORPHO/USDC
- Exchange: Tothemoon
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDC, MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: BloFin
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Echobit
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Toobit
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Bitunix
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: YUBIT
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: CoinW
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Ourbit
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Hotcoin
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: KCEX
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: OrangeX
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Phemex
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Tapbit
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: BVOX
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: XBO.com
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: WEEX
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: BitKan
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: CoinDCX
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Bitrue
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: CoinEx
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Niza.io
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: MGBX
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
- Exchange: Tokocrypto
- Pairs: MORPHO/USDT
DEX
- DEX: Uniswap v4 (Ethereum)
- Pairs: ETH/MORPHO, MORPHO/USDC
- DEX: Uniswap v3 (Ethereum)
- Pairs: MORPHO/WETH (2 pools)
- DEX: Uniswap v3 (Base)
- Pairs: WETH/MORPHO (2 pools), USDC/MORPHO
- DEX: Uniswap v4 (Base)
- Pairs: USDC/MORPHO
- DEX: Aerodrome SlipStream
- Pairs: WETH/MORPHO
- DEX: Aerodrome Finance
- Pairs: AERO/MORPHO
(b) Token allocation for listing
Certain listings involved commercial arrangements with the relevant exchanges. The terms are governed by confidentiality provisions and cannot be disclosed at this time. In total roughly 1% of the total supply has been spent on exchange listings.
(c) Term Duration
Where listing-related arrangements exist, their duration and any associated lockup or incentive terms are subject to confidentiality obligations and cannot be disclosed.
(d) Native-token listing fees
Morpho has entered into paid listing arrangements with a limited number of exchanges. The fees, the form of consideration, the recipients, and any related vesting or lock terms are subject to binding confidentiality obligations with the relevant counterparties and cannot be disclosed. Across all listings roughly 1% of the total $MORPHO supply has been spent on exchange listings.
Liquidity Deals and Market Activity
If a category does not exist or is not applicable, make that clear in plain language (no specific wording required).
- (a) Buybacks & re-release (bought-back tokens only): source of funds (e.g., % of revenue), treatment (burn/treasury/POL), controller/approvals (DAO, multisig, or contract), and whether bought-back tokens can ever be re-released; if "never," give the mechanism (burn or irrevocable timelock); otherwise state the re-release policy.
- (b) Protocol-owned liquidity (POL): where deployed, total token or dollar size across all deployments, controller, and unwind/exit policy.
- (c) Liquidity deals / purchased TVL: the total size across all deals, and where the capital participates - no counterparty names needed.
- (d) Token-secured loans/lines (incl. against unissued tokens): principal, gross position size, collateral, counterparties, and unwind/exit policy.
- Token repurchases or secondary-market accumulations (if any): Morpho has never repurchased tokens or completed purchases on the secondary market
- Protocol-owned liquidity (POL): No POL by MORPHO
- Liquidity deals / purchased TVL: Morpho Association incentivizes certain integrators to bring TVL to Morpho through grants tied to milestones they hit. The specific amounts are covered by confidentiality terms in our contracts, so we can't disclose them.
- Token-secured loans/lines (incl. against unissued tokens): There are no loans or credit lines taken by the Morpho Association or the Morpho DAO.
Resources
Prior Token Sales & Fundraising
Disclose all prior token sales by the Project — including fundraising rounds, any material OTC sales to investors, and any discounted market-maker sales. For each sale, provide:
- (a) Series Name / Early-Stage Investment Instrument used (i.e. SAFT, STAMP, SAFE, SAFE+Token Warrant, etc.)
- (b) Date of sale (at least month & year).
- (c) Number of tokens sold (or % of total supply)
- (d) Vesting schedule
If no prior sales occurred, state that explicitly (e.g., "No prior fundraising, OTC, or discounted MM sales have occurred.")
- Series Name: R1
- Investment Vehicle: Token purchase Agreement
- Date Of Sale: Oct 2021
- Number of tokens sold: 68,000,000 — 6.8%
- Vesting Schedule: Vesting from Dec 24th 2022 to June 06th 2025
- Series Name: R2
- Investment Vehicle: Token purchase Agreement
- Date Of Sale: Jul 2022
- Number of tokens sold: 120,207,324 —12.02%
- Vesting Schedule: Vesting from Dec 24th 2022 to June 06th 2025
- Series Name: R3
- Investment Vehicle: Token purchase Agreement
- Date Of Sale: Aug 24
- Number of tokens sold: 62,321,906 — 6.23%
- Vesting Schedule: Vesting from Nov 21st 2025 for 24 months
Operational Funding, Economic Flows, and Resource Provisioning
Provide a narrative description of the Project's material funding sources, economic flows, and operational provisioning, broken out by entity: Foundation, Lab/DevCo, and DAO. If an entity does not exist, state that explicitly. If an entity exists but does not pursue revenue-generating activity, state how it funds or provisions its operations.
- (a) Entity existence — Explicitly state whether each of Foundation, Lab/DevCo, and DAO exists.
- (b) Material sources of funding or economic inflows — For each existing entity, describe its primary sources of operational funding or economic inflows, if any (e.g., service fees, grants, donations, treasury reserves, token reserves, staking rewards, validator/sequencer income, partnership payments, retained revenue, or other protocol-related receipts). If none, state "none."
- (c) Operational use of resources — Briefly describe how those resources are generally used (e.g., development, operations, security, ecosystem support, grants, liquidity support).
- (d) Onchain Resource Usage — Provide links to public dashboards and token holder relations reports that help explain on-chain financial activity, treasury activity, fee flows, rewards, or other protocol-controlled resources. Make certain to explain what each link is for.
(a) Entity existence
- Foundation: Yes — Morpho Association (French association loi 1901), as detailed in Section 4.
- Labs/DevCo: Morpho Labs SAS (French joint-stock company, "société par actions simplifiée") was a subsidiary of Morpho Association but is no longer existant. A US subsidiary of the foundation, Morpho Labs Inc. (Delaware C-Corp), solely exists for hiring US staff.
- DAO: A Morpho "DAO" exists operationally via Snapshot governance signalling and execution by the 5/9 Safe, but has no legal personality.
(b) Material sources of funding or economic inflows
- Morpho Association: The Association is funded via $MORPHO grants from the DAO. 200m $MORPHO minted to the Association at genisis with a subsequent 120m $MORPHO grant through MIP 69 and another 150m $MORPHO grant at MIP 131.
- Morpho Labs Inc.: as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Morpho Association is fully funded by the Association as its sole shareholder).
- DAO: allocates $MORPHO through snapshot votes and (5/9) multisig execution.
Current economic rights
No currently operative governance-approved, contractual, or programmatic rights exist routing protocol fees, treasury distributions, buybacks, burns, or rewards to MORPHO tokenholders as such. The fee switch is off; there is no staking contract, no buyback/burn contract, and no fee-distribution contract. The active MORPHO rewards program (Merkl / MIP-111) distributes MORPHO to users who supply and borrow on the protocol — this is issuance to program participants, not accrual to existing MORPHO holders pro-rata.
(c) Operational use of resources
- Morpho Association: The Association funds the development and growth of the Morpho Protocol over multi-year periods. So far, the Association has been using these funds to develop and grow the Morpho Protocol. This includes covering the cost of developers, research institutes, security firms that audit the code, marketing, and growth initiatives.
- Morpho Labs Inc. is a Delaware C-Corp for hiring employees in the US and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Association.
- DAO: Spends Morpho rewards to users, contributor & early contributor grants, olympics incentive program, ecosystem partner funding, funding of the Association.
(d) Onchain Resource Usage
Provide links to public dashboards and token holder relations reports that help explain onchain financial activity, treasury activity, fee flows, rewards, or other protocol-controlled resources. Make certain to explain what each link is for.
- https://dune.com/morpho/gmorpho-dashboard— protocol-wide Morpho Bluemetrics, TVL, volumes, and activity.
- https://dune.com/morpho/multichain-activity— activity across the chains Morphois deployed on.
- https://morpho.org/blog— monthly "The Morpho Effect" recap posts covering adoption, KPIs, and protocol developments (e.g. https://morpho.org/blog/the-morpho-effect-may-2025/).
- https://forum.morpho.org— governance forum; contributor-grant reviews and proposals.
- https://snapshot.org/#/s:morpho.eth— Snapshot governance space.
- https://docs.morpho.org/get-started/resources/addresses— canonical per-chain contract address list with source-code/repo references.
- https://data.morpho.org/— activity & data across Morpho
Previous Exploits Affecting The Native Token
If any, list prior exploits or incidents that directly affected the token, token supply, tokenholder balances, token contract, minting controls, burn mechanics, or custody of token supply. This question is not asking about general protocol, application, or smart contract exploits unless the incident directly affected the native token itself. If no prior incidents, state this explicitly (e.g., "No exploits affecting tokenholders or protocol funds as of YYYY-MM-DD").
- (a) Date & component affected — Date (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD), chain(s)/component affected.
- (b) Exploit vector summary — Plain-language summary of the exploit vector (what the hack was).
- (c) Quantified impact — Quantified impact (assets/tokens affected or a clear "no loss of funds" statement).
- (d) Remediation/response taken — Remediation/response taken (patches, upgrades, governance actions, compensation).
- (e) Current status — Current status (resolved, in litigation, under investigation, refunded, etc.).
- (f) References (optional) — Link(s) to post-mortem/advisory/PR.
(a) Date & component affected
No exploits affecting MORPHO tokenholders or protocol-treasury funds have occurred at the protocol layer, on the MORPHO token contracts, or on the core Morpho DAO / Morpho Association treasuries as of 17.6.2026. Security risks are summarized at docs.morpho.org/learn/resources/risks and secruity audits are listed here: https://docs.morpho.org/get-started/resources/audits/.
(b) Exploit vector summary
N/A
(c) Quantified impact
N/A
(d) Remediation/response taken
N/A
(e) Current status
N/A
(f) References (optional)
N/A
[Optional] Offchain Foundation Or DevCo Income Statement
Provide a single income statement, expense summary, or comparable operating statement for the primary Foundation or Developer Company. A consolidated or entity-level presentation is acceptable. Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows may be included but are not required. This item is intended to provide transparency into offchain operating resources and expenditures only.
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Blockworks note: N/A |
This Token Transparency Filing is provided for general informational purposes only. Blockworks reviews completeness only and does not verify or warrant the accuracy of individual answers. Morpho is solely responsible for the content, accuracy, and legality of its disclosures.
