★ Deployer linked within 3 hops to DPRK/Lazarus
Morpho V1 (Morpho Blue + MetaMorpho)'s assessment for RD-F-125 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No OFAC SDN designation, Chainalysis published Lazarus cluster attribution, or US Treasury press release links any Morpho wallet (deployer, DAO multisig, contributors) to the DPRK/Lazarus cluster. Fully doxxed French founding team with institutional VC backing is inconsistent with nation-state implant profile.
Detail #
OFAC SDN public database: no Morpho-linked addresses. Active web search across multiple query formulations (Morpho + DPRK + Lazarus + North Korea + 2024/2025): zero adverse results. Institutional investors (a16z, Coinbase Ventures, Ribbit Capital) performed independent due diligence. Founding team is Paris-based with verifiable academic and professional histories. No DPRK escalation required.
Sources #
- URLOFAC Targets North Korean IT Worker Networks — ChainalysisOFAC March 2026 North Korean IT worker sanctions — no Morpho connectionretrieved 2026-04-27
- Cointelegraph article HEAD 404; archive.org Wayback availability API returns empty archived_snapshots for this slug. Underlying event (Morpho's $50M strategic round led by Ribbit Capital, August 2024, with participation from a16z, Variant, Coinbase Ventures, Pantera, Brevan Howard) is widely documented; the specific Cointelegraph URL is unrecoverable. Marking dead pending curator replacement (suggested alternates: Morpho blog announcement, Ribbit Capital portfolio page, or DLNews/The Block coverage). [dead-link, original: https://cointelegraph.com/news/morpho-secures-50-million-funding-ribbit-capital-onchain-lending]retrieved 2026-05-06
- Treasury Targets DPRK Malicious Cyber — Treasury.govOFAC Treasury DPRK sanctions page — no Morpho addresses listedretrieved 2026-04-27
Methodology #
Determine whether the deployer address has an on-chain path of ≤3 hops to a Chainalysis/OFAC DPRK-labeled cluster address.
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