Morpho optimizes lending rates by peer-to-peer matching lenders and borrowers on top of Aave and Compound. Instead of pool-based rates, matched users get better deals on both sides. Morpho Blue introduced permissionless lending markets. It became one of the fastest-growing DeFi protocols by offering strictly better rates than incumbents.
By David E | February 16, 2026
Wall Street’s DeFi ambitions accelerate Apollo Global Management, a Wall Street asset manager overseeing nearly $940 billion, is deepening its involvement in decentralized finance through a new agreement with the Morpho Association, the...
