Every lending protocol in DeFi quietly decides your interest rate for you. Paul Frambot thinks that was always a workaround and Morpho Midnight is his argument for what replaces it. Fixed-rate lending as the only true primitive, pricing trust on-chain, and the one switch Morpho won't flip yet.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 What Is Morpho Midnight?
1:59 DeFi's Wrong First Shape
7:18 The Only Real Primitive
14:47 Inside a Midnight Market
20:49 Openness Is the Advantage
22:52 Order Books and New Curves
30:01 Pricing Trust
35:40 Stablecoins and What's Next
37:13 Who Comes On-Chain Next
42:18 Collapsing the Margin
44:50 The Bankless Connection
47:57 How Big by 2027?
51:59 Hester Peirce on Vaults
55:49 Who Takes the Liability?

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RESOURCES

Paul Frambot
https://x.com/PaulFrambot

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