Lending


Marchés

DeFi Lending Platforms Liquidate Record $115M in Loans as ETH Price Drops

You can send an Ethereum transaction, or you can buy yourself a steak dinner.

Liquidations on Tuesday across major DeFi lending platforms.

Marchés

$25M in DeFi Loans Liquidated as Ether Price Falls

The three-month high liquidation volume comes as Ethereum fees in dollar terms set a new record mark of $29 per basic transaction.

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Finance

Canadian Crypto Lender Ledn Raises $2.7M for Emerging Markets Expansion

After growing in Latin America, the firm wants to bring its micro-loans and stablecoin savings features to other emerging markets.

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Finance

Japan’s SBI Adds XRP to Cryptocurrency Lending Service

Users of SBI's cryptocurrency exchange can lend XRP for a return of 0.1% per annum.

SBI Holdings

Finance

Gemini Partners With Crypto Lender Genesis to Offer 7.4% Yield on Customer Deposits

The product is part of Gemini’s attempt to bring in new crypto investors with bank-like products.

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Finance

Traditional Lenders Extended Millions in Loans to the Crypto Space Through Genesis in Q4

The average loan size for a first-time lender on the platform is $3.2 million, Genesis said.

Genesis CEO Michael Moro

Finance

Why Celsius Thinks CEL Won't Receive the Same SEC Treatment as XRP

In an interview with CoinDesk TV, CEO Alex Mashinsky explained why CEL has drawn recent interest from altcoin investors.

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Finance

Babel Finance Is Letting Crypto Mining Firms Use Machines as Loan Collateral

A clever way for bitcoin miners to get better loan terms.

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Finance

Here Comes the Open Lending Era

Open lending grew from a fringe use-case to a burgeoning engine powering the next phase of the digital economy, says the CIO of Bicameral Ventures.

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Finance

DeFi Startup Brings Corporate Lending Terms to Miners, Traders and Market Makers

Maple Finance is a new firm out of Australia releasing a token-governed platform for institutional lending.

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