{"id":1094,"date":"2025-05-27T16:18:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/maple-finance-taps-cantor-for-bitcoin-backed-credit\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:18:50","slug":"maple-finance-taps-cantor-for-bitcoin-backed-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/maple-finance-taps-cantor-for-bitcoin-backed-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Finance taps Cantor for Bitcoin-backed credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Maple Finance has closed the first tranche of a Bitcoin-backed financing facility from global investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is part of Cantor\u2019s $2 billion Bitcoin financing initiative, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-05-27\/cantor-s-2-billion-bitcoin-backed-lending-arm-makes-first-deals\" target=\"_blank\">which also included<\/a> a facility for FalconX. The program aims to provide institutional leverage against Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, reviving confidence in crypto lending after collapses like Celsius and BlockFi in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis financing facility through Cantor enables Maple to accelerate its growth and expand its reach as a provider of digital asset credit,\u201d said Sidney Powell, CEO and Co-Founder of Maple, in a note to crypto.news.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The company positions itself as a crypto-native asset manager with institutional experience, targeting rising demand for regulated crypto credit access.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It\u2019s time to \u2018unlock Bitcoin\u2019s full potential\u2019\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Cantor, now active in several crypto-focused ventures\u2014including a partnership with Tether and SoftBank to launch Bitcoin accumulator Twenty One Capital\u2014views this initiative as a strategic move to scale digital asset finance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWe are excited to unlock Bitcoin\u2019s full potential and continue bridging the gap between traditional finance and digital assets,\u201d said Michael Cunningham, Head of Bitcoin Financing at Cantor.<\/p>\n<p>Anchorage Digital served as custodian on the Maple Finance (SYRUP) transaction, ensuring regulated settlement and storage of the Bitcoin collateral.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto-backed lending markets are showing signs of recovery, with total outstanding loans rebounding to $36.5 billion by Q4 2024, up from a post-crash low but still under the 2021 peak of $64.4 billion, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.galaxy.com\/insights\/research\/the-state-of-crypto-lending\/\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a> to Galaxy Research.<\/p>\n<p>Maple\u2019s participation in Cantor\u2019s facility signals renewed momentum in institutional crypto lending, driven by structured financing and renewed market confidence.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maple Finance has closed the first tranche of a Bitcoin-backed financing facility from global investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald. The deal is part of Cantor\u2019s $2 billion Bitcoin financing initiative, which&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1096,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094\/revisions\/1096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}