Morpho (MORPHO)
Unlock Schedule
Morpho (MORPHO) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Morpho (MORPHO) token release schedule, showing when and how tokens enter circulation across investor, team, treasury, and community allocations. Understanding these tokenomics dynamics is critical for evaluating potential supply pressure, inflation impact, and market liquidity over time — key factors that can influence MORPHO price performance.
Each color segment in the chart corresponds to a specific allocation group described in the Allocations section below. Underlying assumptions and data models used to reconstruct this schedule are explained in detail under Assumptions, while broader utility insights and token use cases are covered in Tokenomics & Utility.
Tokenomics & Utility
The MORPHO token is the governance token of the Morpho Protocol. Holders can propose and vote on improvements, manage treasury allocations, set fee parameters within capped limits, and decide on network‑wide items such as approved IRMs or LLTVs. Voting occurs through a governance process run by the Morpho DAO, with execution by a multisig mandated by DAO votes. (docs.morpho.org)
Supply and distribution:
- Maximum supply: 1,000,000,000 MORPHO.
- Distribution (as published by Morpho): Morpho DAO 35.4%; Users & Launch Pools 4.9%; Morpho Association (ecosystem) 6.3%; Reserve for Contributors 5.8%; Strategic Partners 27.5%; Founders 15.2%; Early Contributors 4.9%. Each category follows its own vesting and lock‑up schedules. (docs.morpho.org)
Important token timeline:
- The token was first deployed in June 2022 as a non‑transferable governance token.
- On November 21, 2024, following a community vote, MORPHO became transferable. A new “wrapped MORPHO” contract enables on‑chain vote accounting and is the version supported on exchanges. Legacy MORPHO can be wrapped 1:1. (docs.morpho.org)
Utility in practice:
- Governance and delegation: MORPHO holders help steer protocol parameters, fee switches (within capped limits), licensing, and other DAO powers.
- Incentives: The DAO uses MORPHO to reward users, builders, and curators through on-chain rewards programs across supported networks.
- Ecosystem alignment: Distribution to contributors and strategic partners aligns long‑term work on the Morpho stack. (docs.morpho.org)
While readers often search for “Morpho tokenomics” and “MORPHO price,” note that the token’s value is market‑driven and varies by venue; the tokenomics above describe its supply, allocation, and core governance role. (docs.morpho.org)
Assumptions
- Modeled the 4.9% Users & Launch Pools distributed by 2024-11-07 as a linear monthly schedule from 2022-08-01 to 2024-11-01.
Docs provide cumulative allocation share but not a month-by-month history; rewards occur on ~8h cycles via Merkl, so linear approximation is used solely for charting.
- Included a 6.5M MORPHO cliff on 2025-10-03 for Binance HODLer Airdrops and deducted this amount from the DAO Reserve.
Binance Academy specifies the program allocation and date; Morpho docs state Users & Launch Pools are distributed from the DAO.
- Applied global non-transferability gating until 2024-11-21 to vesting that began before that date (e.g., Strategic Partners Cohort 1 and Early Contributors).
MORPHO was non-transferable until the DAO-enabled transferability event; any amounts vested earlier could not enter circulation before that date.
- Strategic Partners Cohort 1 modeled as 6-month lock then 30-month linear vest starting 2022-12-24, not 36-month linear.
MIP1 describes investor-style schedules as 6-month lock + 30-month linear; Morpho docs describe Cohort 1 as a 3-year vest with 6-month lock, which is consistent with 6+30 months.
- Early Contributors split 50/50 between the two vesting templates (6m lock + 30m linear and 4m lock + 48m linear) beginning from the 2022-06-24 token deployment.
Docs list two possible schedules but do not publish the exact split; equal split is a neutral assumption used to produce a complete monthly unlock curve.
- DAO Reserve, Morpho Association Reserve, and Reserve for Contributors are modeled as fully unlocked at transferability (2024-11-21).
Docs specify ownership without vesting for these buckets; transferability controlled at the token level until 2024-11-21.
- No ongoing PoS/PoW inflation or protocol-level monetary issuance modeled for MORPHO.
MORPHO is a fixed-supply governance token (1,000,000,000 max) with emissions driven by vesting and governance-controlled distributions.
- 1. https://docs.morpho.org/learn/governance/morpho-token/
- 2. https://forum.morpho.org/t/mip65-new-scalable-rewards-model/617
- 3. https://forum.morpho.org/t/transferability-discussion-recap/839
- 4. https://forum.morpho.org/t/mip1-early-core-contributors-allocation/94
- 5. https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/what-is-morpho
Allocations
Description
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Morpho develops protocols that aim to optimize yield farming strategies and lending markets through an innovative layer built on top of existing DeFi platforms. It focuses on enhancing liquidity efficiency and providing users with better rates on their crypto assets through algorithmic adjustments.
| Sector: | Lending |
| Blockchain: | Ethereum |