morpho captured $4.1b of aave's $11.7b borrow book in 18 months. 35% market share eating at 3-4x aave's growth rate quarter over quarter. zero protocol fee at base layer. borrowers pay 20-40 bps less, lenders earn 15-30 bps more. apollo bought 9% of MORPHO tokens on a 4-year vest to build institutional credit products on the infrastructure. 400+ permissionless vaults deployed by third-party curators who compete on strategy quality and set their own fees. aave is becoming the index fund of defi lending. morpho is becoming the active management rails.