Sid Powell is the CoFounder and CEO at Maple.

In this episode, interview Sid about how Maple achieved 10X growth in 2025, from $400M to $4B TVL, and what the next five years could look like for onchain lending, institutional adoption, and new products like syrupBTC.

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
6:52- The opportunity and mission behind Maple
9:50 - Institutional lending and borrowing onchain
12:28 - The BD engine behind Maple is a moat
15:45 - 10X growth in 2025
17:28 - How Maple’s revenue flows back to SYRUP holders
19:17 - Sponsor break
20:27 - Why TradFi finally sees DeFi as legit
26:01 - Future trends in onchain yields
30:51 - Maple’s expansion to Solana with syrupUSDC
34:37 - How syrupUSDC works
37:43 - Demand to loop syrupUSDC + expansion to Eth L2s
41:08 - Sponsor break
42:57 - Maple is a launch partner for Plasma
45:49 - The Aave Effect and implications for Maple looping
48:45 - New syrupBTC product coming soon
53:34 - 5-year outlook for Maple
56:15 - Closing

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► Sid Powell on X: https://x.com/syrupsid

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