Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell on Building the DeFi-Bond Bridge

Maple Finance is quietly becoming one of the most important bridges between decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance.Co-founded by Sidney Powell in 2021, the institutional crypto lending platform has facilitated over $5 billion in loans and is increasingly positioning itself as the infrastructure layer for tokenized private credit — a sector TradFi is rapidly embracing.After a turbulent few years for crypto credit markets, Maple has staged an impressive comeback. In 2024, its total value locked surged over 580%, driven by new products like SyrupUSDC — a permissionless yield offering blocked to U source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-toronto-2025-coverage/2025/04/23/maple-finance-ceo-sidney-powell-on-building-the-defi-bond-bridge