Get ready to put your MPL to work on May 30th, and immediately begin to to benefit from Maple’s growth.

Set a reminder: https://calndr.link/event/DuG1MBDMTy

This week we deployed the xMPL smart contracts and put the finishing touches to the UI. We’re ready, are you?

What to do 12.00 EST on May 30th:

1. Visit https://app.maple.finance/#/stake and connect your wallet with your MPL balance.

2. Enter the amount of MPL you wish to stake, and proceed. You will pay gas just once.

3. Let your MPL grow and compound as protocol revenues grow, unstake your position at anytime.

Everything else you need to know about MPL staking can be found here: https://maple.finance/stake

Maple Milestone: $1.4BN loans issued in 1 year

Just two months after hitting $1BN in loans originated, Maple hits a huge milestone of $1.4 BN. Despite the markets being down, TVL in DeFi dropping, we’ve been capturing liquidity and issuing loans to crypto blue-chips. Onwards.

Source: Token Terminal

See the tweet.

Wen Merch Store????

We shared a sneak peek of the Maple merch store that’ll launch sooooooooon ;)

Neat comms:

• Meet Ryan, Platform Manager at Maple Finance.

• One of the key takeaways from BTIG after attending Permissionless is the overwhelming interest in the ‘Institutional DeFi’ panel that Sid was speaking at.

• Polygon featured Maple in an in-depth article about the crypto loan economy.

• We were mentioned in the Bankless newsletter as one of the best yield opportunities in DeFi.

Next week:

• MPL staking launches May 30th.

• The Maple Merch Store might open, maybe, idk.

• Maple Meme Contest opens again.