Maple Finance: On-Chain Institutional Yield & Lending Markets
- Sidney Powell𝕏
With an extensive experience in traditional money markets, Maple Finance was envisioned as an institutional capital marketplace which combines the transparency & capital efficiency of blockchains with the regulatory framework of TradFi. Unlike many DeFi protocols that require over-collateralized loans (e.g. Aave), Maple also specializes in under-collateralized lending, enabling greater capital efficiency for institutional borrowers. With over $6b in loans since its inception, Maple plans to further expand its offerings by including RWAs as collateral assets.
Topics:
- Sid’s background
- The vision behind Maple Finance
- Maple’s tech stack
- Deciding risk profiles
- Over-collateralized vs. under-collateralized loans
- Assets accepted as collateral
- Deploying to other blockchains
- Institutional appeal
- Managing defaults
- RWA
- Converging DeFi & TradFi
- Biggest challenges
- Exciting upcoming trends
- Future roadmap
- Crypto correlation or decoupling?
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Host:Friederike Ernst