Lending


Tech

DeFi Platform Aave Lauches Version 3 With Cross-Chain Swaps Front and Center

The latest version of the Aave protocol focuses on risk management and capital efficiency.

Stani Kulechov, Lens founder, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk archive)

Finance

NY Fed Staffer Jumps Into DeFi as Euler COO

A permissionless lending protocol has brought on a former Federal Reserve employee in a key position.

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Opinion

Lender Beware: The Potential DeFi Tax Trap

Uncle Sam may collect tax on every loan and repayment of cryptocurrency, which may catch users by surprise, creating a tax trap that could impair the rapidly emerging DeFi industry. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Tax Week.

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Policy

BlockFi Will Pay $100M in Settlement With SEC, State Regulators Over High-Yield Accounts: Report

The company has been under investigation since at least November over the lending product, which offers yields as high as 9.5%.

BlockFi advertisement in Washington D.C.'s Union Station (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

CoinList Aims to Reduce Miners’ Capital Costs With Low Collateral Filecoin Loans

The new lending service will require miners to put up as little as 10% collateral of the total loan value, helping them expand more quickly.

Source: Blockware Solutions

Finance

El Salvador Plans to Offer Crypto-Based Loans for SMEs

The government will launch a first line of $10 million provided by the Solana-based lending platform Acumen in the first quarter of 2022.

El Salvador (Esaú González, Unsplash)

Finance

TransUnion to Allow Crypto Lenders to Check Credit Reports

The credit reporting firm is offering this ability through security firm Spring Labs' ky0x digital passport.

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Finance

A16z Leads Additional $25M Round for DeFi Credit Protocol Goldfinch

Other investors in the round included noted hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, crypto investment firm BlockTower and investment management firm Kingsway Capital.

American goldfinch (Getty Images)

Finance

Kraken to Develop NFT Marketplace Offering Token-Backed Loans

The marketplace will determine NFTs’ liquidation value before they are used as collateral.

The artists rolled into Miami with a wrapped bus touting their new NFT project. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Lender Ledn Raises $70M in Series B Round, Readies Bitcoin-Backed Mortgage Product

The crypto lender is looking to reach over $100 million in bitcoin-backed mortgage originations.

Venture Capital  (Getty Images)