# Maple Finance > Maple is the leader in onchain asset management, offering institutional-grade lending and yield products. Founded in 2019, Maple has originated $24.43 Billion in loans, with $4.33 Billion in current assets under management. Maple combines deep capital markets expertise with DeFi innovation to offer digital asset lending and yield products. The platform serves institutional borrowers with overcollateralized lending and accredited users with onchain yield products via syrupUSDC, syrupUSDT, and the SYRUP governance token. SYRUP is Maple's governance token (ERC20), distinct from syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT which are permissionless yield-bearing dollars. ## Core pages - [Home](https://maple.finance/): Overview, stats, and product summary. - [About](https://maple.finance/about): Company story, team, and backers. - [Insights](https://maple.finance/insights): Research and thought leadership. ## Products - [Maple Institutional — Secured Lending](https://maple.finance/earn/maple-institutional): Overcollateralized loans to institutional borrowers backed by BTC, ETH, and top alt-coins. Live APY and pool details on page. - [syrupUSDC](https://app.maple.finance/earn): Permissionless, yield-bearing dollar backed by Maple's institutional lending. ERC20 on Ethereum. - [syrupUSDT](https://app.maple.finance/earn): Permissionless, yield-bearing dollar backed by Maple's institutional lending. ERC20 on Ethereum. - [SYRUP Token](https://maple.finance/syrup): Maple's governance token. ERC20 on Ethereum. Distinct from the yield-bearing syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT. ## Recent insights - [Maple Memo, July 2026](https://maple.finance/insights/maple-memo-july-2026): Maple closed H1 2026 with $4.6B AUM, up 81% YoY. Inside: syrupUSDG on Robinhood, MIP-021 buybacks live, and a new Kraken lending facility. - [Maple Q2 2026 Ecosystem Update: A Record H1](https://maple.finance/insights/maple-q2-2026-ecosystem-update): Maple closed H1 2026 with $4.6B AUM and record originations. Recap the Q2 Ecosystem Update call, key metrics, and what's coming next with MIP-021. - [What SYRUP Holders Actually Hold](https://maple.finance/insights/what-syrup-holders-actually-hold): Maple Chairman Joe Flanagan explains how Maple is structured, where protocol revenue goes, why buybacks slowed in 2026, and what's changing next. - [Maple Brings Its Onchain Credit Engine to Robinhood Chain with syrupUSDG](https://maple.finance/insights/syrupusdg): As part of the launch, Steakhouse Financial, the product’s risk curator, approved Maple's syrupUSDG as collateral for the vault behind Robinhood Earn - [Maple and Kraken Close Landmark Onchain Warehouse Facility for Digital Asset-Backed Loans](https://maple.finance/insights/maple-and-kraken-close-landmark-onchain-warehouse-facility): The move marks one of the first times the structural protections that underpin institutional credit markets have been replicated in a fully onchain environment. - [Maple Finance Brings Institutional Yield Opportunities to Tempo's Fintech Infrastructure](https://maple.finance/insights/maple-tempo-syrupusdc): syrupUSDC is now available to fintechs building stablecoin earn products on Tempo - [Maple is Featured on the Inaugural Fortune Crypto Innovators List](https://maple.finance/insights/maple-is-featured-on-the-fortune-crypto-innovators-list): Maple is Featured on the Inaugural Fortune Crypto Innovators List - [Core Foundation and Maple International Operations SPC reach full and final settlement](https://maple.finance/insights/core-foundation-and-maple-international-operations-spc-reach-full-and-final-settlement): The settlement provides for the mutual release of all claims and counterclaims between the parties, and for the discontinuance of the arbitration and the Cayman court proceedings on consent terms. - [Introducing the Maple Borrower Hub - The Operating Layer For Institutional Borrowing Onchain](https://maple.finance/insights/introducing-the-maple-borrower-hub): The Borrower Hub pairs Maple's smart contract credit infrastructure with an institutional-grade operating experience, closing the gap between DeFi credit and institutional credit operations. - [Maple Expands Institutional Onchain Yield Through Ink](https://maple.finance/insights/maple-expands-institutional-onchain-yield-through-ink): Integration expands access to Maple’s syrupUSDT across Ink’s growing DeFi ecosystem ## Optional - [Documentation](https://docs.maple.finance): Technical and product documentation. - [Security and audits](https://docs.maple.finance/technical-resources/security/security): Audit reports and security overview. - [GitHub](https://github.com/maple-labs): Open-source codebase. - [Token market data](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/maple-finance): SYRUP on CoinGecko.