# Welcome to Syrup

Maple is DeFi's Institutional Lender, and Syrup makes Maple’s consistent high yield available in DeFi.

Syrup yield is generated by Maple’s digital asset lending platform that provides fixed-rate, overcollateralised loans to institutional borrowers. These short duration loans enable Syrup to provide consistent high yield as well as short term liquidity for Syrup users. The strategy has a track record of consistent yield outperformance compared to leading DeFi lending protocols.

Syrup has scaled rapidly since launch and is a trusted source of real, sustainable yield in DeFi.

Maple’s robust smart contract and lending infrastructure has originated more than $5.1bn in loans to date, ensuring Syrup users can access high quality yields with confidence. 

By depositing USDC or USDT into the platform, users receive LP tokens (syrupUSDC/syrupUSDT) and begin earning yield immediately. Syrup integrates with major DeFi protocols to access the benefits of interoperability; users can access AMMs for enhanced liquidity and post syrupUSDC/syrupUSDT as collateral on other yield aggregators and lending protocols. 

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**Links:**

* Website: <https://syrup.fi/>
* Telegram: [https://t.me/maplefinance](https://t.me/+6UdN_NkuRroyNGRl) (shared with Syrup)
* Twitter-X: <https://x.com/syrupfi>
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