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Markets

Spring Labs Develops Data-Sharing Network for US Home Energy Projects

Firms handling loans for home energy projects in California, Florida and Missouri are using a blockchain system from Spring Labs that could save up to $10 million in fraud.

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Tech

MakerDAO Loans Can Be Gamed to Hold Out Funds From Liquidation, Startup Finds

A loophole in MakerDAO’s collateralized debt market enables positions to be closed far more leniently than intended due to an oversight in the auction process.

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Markets

Desperation Among Filecoin Miners Creating a Big Market for FIL Borrowing

The Filecoin network is facing liquidity problems, forcing some miners to borrow the native token at outrageous rates.

Filecoin creator Juan Benet

Finance

ETH Gobbles Up Larger Share of Genesis Loan Book as Trading Firms Feast on DeFi Summer

Genesis Trading saw the share of bitcoin in its loan portfolio drop, mainly due to demand for liquidity mining on DeFi protocols.

Genesis CEO Michael Moro speaks at Invest: Asia 2019.

Finance

Notional Launches Out of Stealth to Bring Fixed-Rate Lending to DeFi

Notional enables fixed-rate debt on Ethereum using a new on-chain automated market maker.

Jeff Wu (left) and Teddy Woodward (right), co-founders of Notional Finance

Finance

Bitcoin Hodlers Get a Lending Option With No KYC

Hodl Hodl is launching a peer-to-peer lending marketplace for hardcore bitcoiners

Roman Snitko, CTO of Hodl Hodl

Markets

Japan’s LINE Starts Crypto Lending Service

The makers of Japan's popular messaging app LINE is launching a crypto lending service through its BITMAX exchange.

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Finance

New Binance-Backed DeFi Site Lets You Earn Yield on Bitcoin, Other Non-Ethereum Assets

Kava Labs has launched its first application: a yield-generating decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for bitcoin and other non-Ethereum assets.

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Markets

Aave Becomes Second DeFi Project to Overtake MakerDAO for Most Crypto Deposited

DeFi credit market Aave has pulled ahead of stablecoin mint MakerDAO for the title of most collateral staked on Ethereum, according to DeFiPulse.

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Finance

Bequant, Now in Crowded Prime Brokerage Race, Adds Signature Bank Integration

In a newly crowded market, Bequant is still adding features to the suite of services it's been building for the past two years.

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