Alexander Cutler, co-founder of Aerodrome, and Merlin Egalité, co-founder of Morpho Labs, dive into the transformative potential of DeFi. They discuss how Coinbase is routing billions through Morpho and Aerodrome without owning them, signaling a new era in decentralized finance. The duo explores the DeFi mullet concept, balancing traditional ease with on-chain benefits, and compares innovative tokenomics to old equity models. Insights on growth metrics reveal a promising future, with regulations and institutional interest predicted to boost DeFi engagement.
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Meta-DEX Combines Best Primitives
Aerodrome packages the best DEX primitives into a single meta-DEX that prioritizes execution, rewards, and token-holder value.
It aims to deliver superior rates and liquidity by combining Uniswap, Curve, and convex-like designs.
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Composable Lending Primitive
Morpho builds a lending primitive that other services can layer on to create on-chain loan products.
The goal is global, composable lending infrastructure anyone can integrate to serve end customers.
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DeFi Has Reached Product-Market Fit
DeFi has crossed the chasm: protocols now show product-market fit and token utility tied to protocol operation.
Coinbase plugging DeFi into its front end (the "DeFi mullet") can scale on-chain products to millions of users.
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In this episode, we sit down with Alexander Cutler (Aerodrome) and Merlin Egalité (Morpho Labs) to unpack how Coinbase is plugging into DeFi rails letting millions of users borrow, lend, and trade onchain without ever touching a MetaMask wallet. Here’s the twist: Coinbase doesn’t own Morpho or Aerodrome. Yet, they’re routing billions in volume through them, buying governance tokens, and earning revenue as if they built them. This is the hidden playbook that could define the next DeFi boom.
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