Plasma Finance And Maple Finance Team Up To Establish Institutional Credit Layer Ahead Of Mainnet Beta

In Brief

Plasma Finance has partnered with Maple Finance to launch a syrupUSDT pre-deposit vault, strengthening its on-chain credit infrastructure and seeding initial liquidity ahead of its mainnet beta.

Layer 1 blockchain designed for global stablecoin payments, Plasma Finance, announced a partnership with institutional decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Maple Finance to enhance its on-chain credit infrastructure and introduce a syrupUSDT pre-deposit vault aimed at seeding initial liquidity.

Maple Finance operates as the largest institutional on-chain asset manager, providing overcollateralized loans to more than 100 accredited crypto-native companies. To date, it has facilitated over $9 billion in credit between lenders and borrowers and now plans to expand its USD₮ loan markets on the Plasma network.

Plasma has been identified as an optimal platform for Maple’s USD₮ markets, marking it as Maple’s third chain deployment. By combining USD₮ liquidity with Maple’s lending markets, the collaboration aims to establish the foundational institutional credit layer on Plasma.

In partnership with MidasRWA, Maple will open a pre-deposit vault to provide day-one liquidity on Plasma. Deposits into the syrupUSDT vault, capped at $200 million, will be accepted in major stablecoins as well as syrupUSDT. This vault represents the final deposit opportunity prior to the launch of Plasma’s mainnet beta.

The vault is scheduled to go live today, September 16th, at 9:00 AM ET. Concurrently, Maple will deploy syrupUSDT on Plasma with integrations across the DeFi ecosystem, ensuring broad accessibility and participation.

Maple will serve as a launch partner on day one, and the platform will offer institutional participants a primary gateway to engage with Plasma’s on-chain ecosystem during the mainnet beta phase.

Plasma Finance Prepares For Mainnet Launch

Plasma Finance is engineered for high throughput, capable of processing thousands of transactions per second, with block times under approximately one second to facilitate near-instant payments. A notable feature of the platform is zero-fee USD₮ transfers, allowing users to send Tether USD stablecoins in many cases without incurring gas fees. The blockchain permits gas payments using whitelisted assets such as USD₮ or BTC, rather than relying exclusively on a native token. Plasma also provides EVM compatibility, enabling the deployment and use of Ethereum smart contracts and tools with minimal adaptation. To enhance security and resist censorship, the network anchors its state to Bitcoin, employing a trust-minimized Bitcoin bridge to leverage the security of the Bitcoin blockchain.

The platform has not yet disclosed a public date for its mainnet launch. In preparation for the upcoming launch, Plasma has recently appointed three senior executives: Murat Firat as head of product, Adam Jacobs as head of global payments, and Usmann Khan as head of protocol security.