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China's 'Credit Impulse' Is Picking Up. Here's Why It Matters to Bitcoin
Credit impulse, an indicator introduced by former Deutsche Bank economist Michael Biggs, measures the change in new credit issued as a percentage of the gross domestic product...
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M11 Credit Resumes Crypto Lending on Maple Finance After FTX-Spurred Pause
The firm introduced an upgraded credit underwriting process and appointed a new head of credit. The developments came after M11 Credit suffered $36 million of loan defaults on...
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Securities Platform DEFYCA to Release Tokenized Private Debt Protocol on Avalanche
DEFYCA’s launch highlights the growing trend of bringing tokenized versions of traditional markets like debt to blockchain-based protocols.
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Decentralized Lending Protocol Centrifuge Accrues $6M Unpaid Debt
1754 Factory, the originator of the debt pool with the most distressed loans, said it is liquidating the assets off-chain and negotiating with borrowers for repayments.
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CoinDesk Research’s 2022 Annual Crypto Review
Even though 2022 was a bear market it was an eventful year for all facets of the crypto industry.
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Crypto hedge fund Orthogonal Trading appears to be the next firm becoming insolvent after crypto exchange FTX's implosion. (Tom Wilson/Unsplash)
FTX Contagion Spreads as Orthogonal Trading Gets Default Notice for $36M Debt on Maple Finance
Creditor M11 Credit issued a default notice to Orthogonal Trading for $36 million of loans, while Maple Finance severed all ties with Orthogonal for misrepresenting its financ...
Crypto hedge fund Orthogonal Trading appears to be the next firm becoming insolvent after crypto exchange FTX's implosion. (Tom Wilson/Unsplash)

Morgan Stanley sees more deleveraging coming in the crypto industry. (PIRO/Pixabay)
Morgan Stanley Says There Is Still Much Leverage in the Crypto Ecosystem
Retail investors may start to sell if bitcoin trades below $10,000, the report said.
Morgan Stanley sees more deleveraging coming in the crypto industry. (PIRO/Pixabay)

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Anyone Can Start a Hedge Fund: How On-Chain Credit Changes the Crypto Economy
Undercollateralized loans open crypto into new forms of financing, and could spur a wave of trading activity and capital formation.
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Celsius Creditors Move to Subpoena Lending Firm Equities First for $439M Collateral Repayment
The money is collateral posted against a loan Celsius took from the company and which Equities First was unable to repay.
Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky at Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk)

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Crypto Futures Exchange CoinFLEX’s Creditors to Own 65% of Firm After Reorganization
CoinFLEX filed for a restructuring in the Seychelles during the summer after suspending withdrawals amid the volatile crypto market.
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