The leaders in onchain lending and asset management announce a strategic partnership to bring institutional assets to DeFi.

Together, they’re building the foundation for DeFi by connecting institutional assets to the largest onchain lending market.

Maple brings a new class of collateral to Aave: institutional-grade assets backed by consistent, trusted yield. These assets perform through market cycles and are set to become part of the backbone of Aave’s variable lending model by stabilizing borrow demand and improving capital efficiency across the protocol.

Maple’s network of allocators and borrowers represents billions in deployable capital seeking stable, scalable returns and deep liquidity. Through this partnership, Aave unlocks access to that demand — increasing utilization, deepening liquidity, and reinforcing its position as the leading lending protocol in decentralized finance.

To start, syrupUSDT is set to be listed on the Plasma instance and syrupUSDC is set to be listed on the core market. The partnership will further grow and expand to new assets from there.

This is how the next phase of DeFi will be built: by aligning the deepest liquidity layer with the largest onchain asset manager.