kirk

father, garden appreciator, occasional curmudgeon.

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

@ImperiumPaper Wouldn’t be surprised if CA property taxes are enough to carry this by themselves — the burden falls almost entirely on recent buyers and so you’ll see 10x differences between identical houses on the same block.

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

I remember well how my mom always kept a book of all the streets in the city in the car. Unfortunately being a few years younger than @ImperiumPaper I do not hold to the tradition and my directional sense is a vestigial organ

[PaperImperium @ImperiumPaper]

My neighbor three doors down the street died. Nice lady, always walked her dog and we’d wave at each other. No spouse or kids, apparently.

Her siblings put everything in the house up for sale. I went in, looking for bookshelves - my kids and I prefer sliced trees, even as my wife prefers glass rectangles, to read from.

One of the items that caught my eye was a gazetteer. You don’t see these much anymore, but it’s a paper book of every single road in a state.

Doing archaeology for a decade, even post smarty pants phones, we used these as the canonical record of random county roads.

I don’t know why she had a gazetteer. And I think in a few gas stations and bookstores you can still find them. But they’re a relic from before Google Maps. It was a sign that my generation is in some ways from a bygone era.

It’s kind of a lonely era - we’re the only generation to both remember the world before the internet was in your pocket (or your desk) and also native to the internet.

It’s hard to articulate what new generations have lost. The present is 100% better than the past, but there’s certainly trade offs - it’s two steps forward, one step back. That doesn’t make progress a mistake, just that there were certain charms and benefits to the past that kids today miss - like learning to navigate without a GPS, with a paper map and a compass.

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

@MattFiebach “Rigged” by @andyverity

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

3yo daughter while painting : “I’m making an ocean with every animal”

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

@A_Leutenegger I have exactly the opposite reaction but can sympathize

A few years ago was quite worried about what an aging world would look like for my children and grandchildren. Now looking forward to an asymptotic approach to post scarcity

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

Been a real pleasure collaborating with @stablenzo and the rest of our friends at Circle on this launch, more to come 👀

[Morpho 🦋 @Morpho]

Morpho is live on @arc

Morpho powers earn & borrow use cases built on Arc as its credit infrastructure.

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

If crypto has taught me anything relevant to AI, it’s that North Korea and other hostile actors obtaining access to powerful models and sufficient compute to operate them is unavoidable regardless of domestic safetyism. Only way out is through

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

Daughter sees picture of Chicago skyline in pizza place, eyes lock on tallest building.

“Dad, can you make me a tower like that?”

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

Turnkey has done some nice work on streamlining the flow for integrators to set up fee wrappers on @Morpho and monetize their distribution. Morpho Everywhere 🦋

[Turnkey 🔑 @turnkeyhq]

Introducing Swaps and Earn on Turnkey!

Your users can now trade assets and access onchain yield right inside your product, with top-tier rates and an expansive selection of vaults.

Set your own fee on both, and turn onchain activity into new revenue.

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

Midnight is by far the most interesting lending primitive for builders

* there have been some very cool experiments over the years but this one will have a lot of liquidity in addition to its technical/security excellence

[Arc @arc]

Arc x @Morpho.

Join @MerlinEgalite, Cofounder of Morpho, for a closer look at Midnight, Morpho’s fixed-rate, fixed-term lending protocol.

We’ll cover what builders should know about:
→ Isolated markets
→ Fixed maturities
→ Collateral and offers
→ Onchain credit product design

A practical session for teams exploring lending and credit markets on Arc.

RSVP: https://t.co/YuZ9yOxA8e

Circle has a commercial relationship with Morpho.

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

ETH emissions for staking should have gone to 0 a long time ago

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

Expecting onchain carry trade to become a major segment of DeFi yield over the next years

[BRIX @brix_money]

Introducing the first onchain FX carry market: wiTRY-USDM.

Starting today, use wiTRY as collateral to borrow USDM through the @Morpho market deployed by @Featherlend, powered by @megaeth.

wiTRY is a Turkish Lira yield-bearing coin that enables access to the carry trade.

The wiTRY-USDM lending market unlocks leveraging the carry trade; previously only accessible to institutions.

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

@MerlinEgalite In a slightly more mystical vein, you might enjoy Herman Hesse (Siddhartha, Steppenwolf)

[Christopher Robins @CJRobins01]

1/We thank @HesterPeirce and the Crypto Task Force staff for continuing to lead with thoughtful, open dialogue on issues critical to American innovation and capital formation.

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

Birch Hill is one to watch, product driven with real tradfi chops and leveraging the best onchain infra

[Birch Hill @BirchHill_io]

1/ Birch Hill is proud to announce we are officially a @Morpho curator.

Since inception, our mission has been to be the driving force behind the growth of asset-backed credit onchain. Today we take the first step with a USDC vault allocating to RWAs, live on @base.

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

When joining @Morpho almost two years ago I asked @PaulFrambot “what’s next?”

Now we are just past midnight, a new day starting for onchain finance

[Morpho 🦋 @Morpho]

The missing piece for onchain finance is here

Fixed rate, fixed term credit markets

Morpho Midnight is live

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

Powered by @Morpho 🦋

[Pharos Eco @pharos_eco]

Stop Selling Your $PROS. Start Borrowing Like a PRO 🦾

With the RockawayX USDC RWA Vault , $PROS holders can now:
🔹 Supply $PROS or $wsrUSD as collateral
🔹 Borrow USDC against their position
🔹 Access liquidity while keeping their upside exposure

No need to exit your position to unlock capital ✅

Hold Like a PRO! Borrow Like a PRO!

[kirk @OneTrueKirk]

Speaking from experience, by 3yo it will be “wait daddy, we have to shake on it first” when a plan is proposed

[adcv_ @adcv_]

Trying to teach the baby how to strike deals. I negotiate terms with her carefully, stretch out my hand and ask "Deal?". She thinks about it and lunges to shake my hand saying "Dee, dee". She doesn't stick to the terms of the bargain. A very unreliable counterparty.

[Matt Enslin @stablenzo]

Excited to support via @circle_ventures! Clear as day that open, modular credit rails will drive the next wave of non-crypto native capital into DeFi and that @Morpho will tell a major part of that story. Congrats friends @PaulFrambot @OneTrueKirk @MerlinEgalite @0xloth

[Morpho 🦋 @Morpho]

.@deel Stablecoin Wallet, powered by Morpho

Deel puts dollar-backed balances into the hands of contractors in Latin America. Morpho now enables those balances to earn onchain rewards via @SentoraHQ curated Morpho Vaults on @tempo