Introduction: Institutional DeFi Lending
TrueFi and Maple Finance both facilitate institutional lending in DeFi, enabling uncollateralized loans to vetted borrowers. Both experienced the 2022 credit crisis and have since reformed their approaches.
TrueFi pioneered uncollateralized lending with TRU token governance. Focus on institutional borrowers with credit scoring and community approval. Multiple lending products including lines of credit.
Maple uses pool delegates to manage lending pools and underwrite borrowers. Professional credit managers take responsibility for pool performance. Focus on crypto-native institutional borrowers.
TrueFi uses community-driven credit assessment with TRU stakers voting on loans. Maple uses professional delegates who source and underwrite borrowers. Delegates have skin in game and reputation at stake.
Both faced significant challenges in 2022. TrueFi had some defaults but maintained relatively strong recovery. Maple experienced larger losses from Orthogonal Trading and other borrowers. Both have implemented stricter underwriting post-crisis.
The verdict: Choose TrueFi for community-governed lending with diverse institutional exposure. Choose Maple for professional delegate management. Both carry significant credit risk.
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