Sid Powell - CEO & Co-Founder, Maple Finance Ep #69

Sid Powell is the CEO & Co-Founder of Maple Finance. Maple is transforming capital markets through technology and count traditional finance and crypto-native firms as customers. Joe McCann guest hosts. 00:35 - What is Maple? 01:32 - How does Maple determine Credit worthiness? 02:55 - Expanding the addressable market 04:35 - Who uses Maple and how they get started 08:18 - Defaulting and the recapture of collateral 13:21 - Maple's advantages against challenges lenders face in crypto 16:45 - Why use Maple: Governance and growth 19:27 - From Ethereum to Solana Integration 23:37 - Maple and Composability 27:13- Partnerships and future initiatives 29:56 - Bringing non-crypto folks into DeFi / Partnering with Circle 32:33 - Views on Contraction 34:59 - How Maple started and where it is going 39:04 - Monetary policies and how they affect Maple DISCLAIMER The content herein is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only, without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose. Those who appear in the content may have a financial interest in any projects referenced, and any content herein is not intended to be and does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other advice. This content is intended to be general in nature and is not specific to you, the user or anyone else. You should not make any decision, financial, investment, trading or otherwise, based on any of the information presented without undertaking independent due diligence and consultation with a professional advisor.