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Maple Finance’s SYRUP Token Defies Gravity—Here’s What’s Fueling the Rally

Maple Finance’s SYRUP Token Defies Gravity—Here’s What’s Fueling the Rally

Published:
2025-05-16 14:25:27
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SYRUP’s 300% monthly surge isn’t just DeFi degens chasing yields—it’s institutional money playing catch-up.

Behind the pump: Maple’s new treasury management vaults let corporate clients ’park’ eight-figure sums without the usual custody headaches. TradFi banks hate this one trick.

The kicker? Tokenized RWA collateral now backs 40% of SYRUP’s valuation. Because nothing says ’bull market’ like repackaged corporate debt trading at 50x leverage.

SYRUP active loans

SYRUP active loans | Source: TokenTerminal

SYRUP’s price also benefited from new exchange listings over the past few months. It became available on dYdX, one of the leading decentralized exchanges, on Thursday. Earlier this month, it was also listed on Binance and Bitget earlier this month.

Maple Finance is building a decentralized platform where verified lenders provide capital to institutions. Its Blue-Chip Secured Lending Pool lends USDC, overcollateralized by Bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH). The High Yield Secured offers the same service, but is overcollateralized by BTC, ETH, and liquid altcoins.

Maple also launched the BTC Yield product that enables Bitcoin holders to earn a return on their assets. 

SYRUP price analysis

SYRUP price

Maple price chart | Source: crypto.news

The eight-hour chart shows that SYRUP has been in a strong uptrend, positioning Maple as a growing force in DeFi. The token recently broke above a key resistance level at $0.1930—its March high—flipping it into support.

Maple Finance token remains above the 50-period exponential moving average, a sign that bulls are in control. However, there are signs that it has become overbought as the Relative Strength Index has moved to 75. 

As such, the most likely near-term scenario is a pullback toward the $0.20 support level, followed by a potential continuation of the broader bullish trend.

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