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Maple Finance

An institutional lending protocol where pool delegates manage lending pools and perform credit assessments on borrowers.

Definition

An institutional lending protocol where pool delegates manage lending pools and perform credit assessments on borrowers. Unlike overcollateralized DeFi lending, Maple offers undercollateralized loans to institutions based on reputation and creditworthiness.

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