Vol. I, No. 1 Monday, August 31, 2026 Morpho — Governance Rights Report
The daily governance brief for DAO tokenholders

Probity Institute

Morpho — Governance Rights Report

Verdict

Morpho

MORPHO — Governance Rights Report
Tier 3 S2 — Immutable Core + Curated Periphery Assessment as of 2026-08-31
GSA-1 fail GSA-2 fail GSA-3 near-miss GSA-4 fail GSA-5 near-miss GSA-6 fail GSA-7 fail GSA-8 fail

Why this rating: Immutable-core + curated-periphery (S2) structure — Snapshot-only voting, Guardian multisig-gated, no economic rights; the curator layer captures economics above the token. S2 structure: value accrues to the curator spread above MORPHO, not to the token; MORPHO non-transferable until late 2024 (transferability gate in control-cost models)

Where to Vote

Proposal History

ProposalTitleOutcomeClosed
0xa9fcf1d33d… MIP 133 - Add Spearbit as DAO Multisig Signer and Update Threshold to 6 Open for voting August 21, 2026
0x00dfdb5223… MIP 132 - Morpho Worldcoin Mini-App Transition Grant Proposal Open for voting July 4, 2026
0x8344337098… MIP 131 - Allocation of a Grant for the Morpho Association’s Strategic Support Program (2026-2030) Open for voting April 30, 2026
0x3ed6d533b8… MIP 130 - MORPHO Incentives on Tempo Open for voting April 23, 2026
0xdda175027d… MIP 129 - Approve Review of 2025 Contributor Grants Closed March 20, 2026

History from the Institute scanner and the 2026-08-31 recheck pulls (Snapshot Hub GraphQL / OpenSquare). Outcomes marked from recheck determinations where the proposal is named; otherwise the recorded state is shown.

Metrics

Treasury$150.0M (gross; curated estimate)
Treasury (liquid)$80.2M
Revenue (annual)$15.0M
Token incentives (annual)$25.0M
Net earnings (annual)-$10.0M
Distribution enforcementnone_optionality
Distribution mechanismnone_hard
Revenue pathLending fees -> association; fee capture mechanism pending
RecourseSOFT — discretionary; holders rely on governance goodwill.

Model and audit state reads as of 2026-08-31 (Institute governance model / distribution audit state files). Not a Token Terminal license; curated figures update quarterly.

Structure & History

Structure: S2 — Immutable Core + Curated Periphery.

S1-S5 protocol business structure taxonomy, as-of 2026-08-27 (structure taxonomy date); scores as-of 2026-08-31 (first scored 2026-07-23)

2026-08-31 recheck verdict: UNCHANGED.

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