Svmuu News, Morpho CEO Paul Frambot posted on X that over the past week, he has communicated with several large institutions to understand their views on the current DeFi landscape. The core conclusions are as follows.
First, institutional interest will not disappear. The reason is simple: distribution channels will not disappear — massive amounts of assets under management (AUM), payments, and lending businesses are moving on-chain. Almost all fintech companies aim to be fully on-chain. For institutions, this is not a question of "whether," but a matter of "necessity."
Second, they have lost trust in the pool/hub model. Institutions and distributors want to control everything, including control over code, control over risk, and control over compliance. At the same time, they also desire flexibility — the ability to isolate their own operations and connect to a global liquidity network that is compatible with them.