Crypto Lending


Markets

THORChain to Issue Equity Tokens to Battle $200M Debt After Pausing Bitcoin, Ether Lending

TCY tokens will be distributed at a rate of 1 TCY per dollar of defaulted debt, turning lenders and savers into equity holders.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: The Growth of Bitcoin as Collateral

As traditional investment products face declining yields, savvy asset managers must consider emerging opportunities within the cryptocurrency space to meet growing client demand.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin and Lending

Bitcoin’s emergence in collateral structures has the potential to revolutionize the lending landscape. Its ability to mitigate credit risk amid escalating uncertainties highlights its transformative power.

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Finance

Crypto Lender Ledn Handed Out $1.16B Worth of Loans in First Half of 2024

The platform witnessed a 29.8% jump in retail lending between the first and second quarters.

Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)

Finance

Wall Street's Cantor Fitzgerald to Open Bitcoin Financing, Lending Business

The financial services company will start with $2 billion in lending.

Howard Lutnick (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Stablecoins Can Help Fix the Current Lending Market

The Global Financial Crisis reduced the depth of capital markets. Blockchain-based stablecoins can help fill the gap, say Christine Cai and Sefton Kincaid, of Cicada Partners.

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Opinion

7 Predictions About the Crypto Lending Landscape in 2024

From the emergence of TradFi arbitrage interest to the winnowing of decentralized exchanges, Ledn co-founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo predicts the changes that may follow the resurgence of crypto lending.

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Opinion

Crypto Lenders Caused Crypto Contagion Last Year. How Is the Industry Rebuilding?

The "Wild West" era of crypto lending ended in a series of bankruptcies. Now the industry is attempting to rebuild in a sustainable and accountable manner.

Ledn's Mauricio Di Bartolomeo argues that the crypto lending industry can rebuild trust following a disastrous 2022. (Mathieu Stern/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Solana-Based Crypto Lending Platform Jet Pivots to Fixed-Rate Term Lending

The project's new model uses an order book to match borrowers and lenders, relying on a market-based mechanism to set interest rates.

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Opinion

Rehypothecation May Be Common in Traditional Finance, but It Will Never Work With Bitcoin

Several crypto lenders, exchanges and funds that used customer assets to grow rapidly had a crash course in the limits of digital scarcity in 2022.

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