Maple and Elwood Form Partnership for Institutional Crypto Credit

Maple Finance and Elwood Technologies announced a strategic partnership to expand institutional adoption of digital assets. Maple’s on-chain credit and asset management platform will link with Elwood’s execution, portfolio, and risk ￰0￱ CEO Sid Powell said the partnership creates an institutional-grade foundation for access, infrastructure, and ￰1￱ CEO Chris Lawn stated that credit is central to digital asset markets and that the firm will deliver the tools lenders need to ￰2￱ collaboration targets barriers that have slowed institutions from entering crypto, including fragmented infrastructure and operational ￰3￱ combining Maple’s credit origination with Elwood’s connectivity to exchanges, custodians, and fund administrators, the firms aim to align on-chain finance with institutional standards.

Maple, founded in 2021, offers secured lending, Bitcoin Yield, and structured ￰4￱ provides portfolio analytics and risk systems to institutional clients and connects them to trading and custody ￰5￱ firms view the partnership as a step toward wider use of on-chain credit strategies.