The synthetic dollar protocol is moving beyond its crypto basis trade roots into institutional lending, real-world credit, and equity and commodity perpetuals.

Maple’s move comes as token buybacks across crypto have grown fivefold over the past year.

Experts say the situation shows that even 'trustless' blockchain projects must follow traditional contracts and legal rules.

Maple Finance says it wants to use protocol revenue for “long-term sustainability” instead of staking rewards.

Maple’s institutional-grade assets will be integrated into Aave’s $40 billion lending protocol.

Automated yield vaults have led the growth, as large investors dominate capital flows.

The onchain asset manager’s Plasma pre-deposit vault for syrupUSDT hit capacity in under a minute.

The yield-bearing stablecoin has grown by 59% since the beginning of summer as institutional demand accelerates.

The new integration lets traders earn 7-8% yield with SYRUPUSDC on the second-largest Solana perpetual futures DEX.

Institutional borrowers can now unlock liquidity with EtherFi’s weETH.