Maple and Aave unite to connect institutional capital with DeFi’s deep liquidity, paving the way for large-scale on-chain finance.
On-chain asset manager Maple and decentralised finance (DeFi) protocol Aave have announced a strategic partnership to connect institutional assets to DeFi’s most liquid lending markets.
As part of the partnership, Maple will introduce a new class of institutional-grade collateral to Aave. These assets, backed by consistent and trusted yield, are engineered to perform across market cycles and will strengthen Aave’s variable-rate lending model by improving capital efficiency, liquidity stability, and borrow demand.
Through the integration, Aave gains access to Maple’s network of allocators and borrowers, representing billions in deployable institutional capital seeking sustainable on-chain returns. In turn, Maple connects its institutional assets to Aave’s deep liquidity layer, expanding access and utility across both ecosystems.
“At its core, this integration is about connecting two critical pieces of infrastructure: deep liquidity and high-quality credit,” said Sid Powell, CEO of Maple. “Aligning two of the industry’s most established protocols lays the foundation for the next phase of sustainable DeFi growth, where institutional capital and decentralised protocols work together at scale.”
“This partnership brings together Maple’s high-quality institutional assets with Aave’s deep liquidity and unmatched scale,” said Stani Kulechov, Founder of Aave. “Institutions gain greater utility and deeper liquidity, enabling them to better manage capital.”
The collaboration will begin with syrupUSDT launching on Aave’s Plasma instance, followed by syrupUSDC on the core market. Future phases will see deeper integration of Maple’s institutional assets into Aave’s lending markets.
By combining Maple’s institutional-grade yield strategies with Aave’s liquidity and scale, the two industry leaders are redefining how trusted, yield-bearing credit flows into DeFi.
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