Lending

"We have seen about $2 billion in demand for bitcoin-secured loans since we started offering them in September," Two Prime's Alexander Blume said.

By Omkar Godbole

Nov 8, 2023 at 8:01 a.m. UTC

Nov 8, 2023

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Finance

Real world assets

Tokenized RWA Platform Untangled Goes Live, Gets $13.5M Funding to Bring Private Credit On-Chain

London-based asset manager Fasanara Capital led the investment round and has opened two private tokenized credit pools on the platform.

By Krisztian Sandor

Oct 10, 2023 at 11:01 p.m. UTC

Oct 10, 2023

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Goldfinch (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Real world assets

Real-World Asset Loan Worth $20M at Risk of Losing $7M on DeFi Platform Goldfinch

Protocol contributor Warbler Labs said it will backstop all losses.

By Krisztian Sandor

Oct 9, 2023 at 10:07 p.m. UTC

Oct 9, 2023

Real World Assets Tokenized AssetsDeFiLendingGoldfinch

Finance

Defi

DeFi Project Yield Protocol to Wind Down by Year's End

At its peak in April 2022, the DeFi lending project had over $22 million in total value locked, but this figure has since dropped to around $2 million.

By Jamie Crawley

Oct 4, 2023 at 9:36 a.m. UTC

Oct 4, 2023

DeFiLending

Finance

Coinbase

Coinbase Creates New Crypto Lending Service Geared Toward Large Investors

Coinbase (COIN) raised $57 million for the platform as of Sept. 1, according to an SEC filing.

By Nick Baker

Sep 5, 2023 at 8:34 p.m. UTC

Sep 5, 2023

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Markets

Makerdao

Default of Tokenized Loans on Centrifuge Puts MakerDAO’s Investment at Risk

MakerDAO has lent $1.84 million of DAI stablecoin to the tokenized credit pool under distress.

By Krisztian Sandor

Aug 25, 2023 at 12:53 p.m. UTC

Aug 25, 2023

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Consensus Magazine

Features

Tokenization News Roundup: Resource Extraction, Social Media Monetization and Real World Connections

A weekly digest of articles, reports and analyses about tokenized RWAs, the fast-growing financial instruments that merge traditional finance to the blockchain.

By Daniel Kuhn

Aug 24, 2023 at 8:45 p.m. UTC

Aug 24, 2023

FeaturesReal World Assets TokenizationSocial MediaDeFiLendingCredit

Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Technology

Analysis

Curve Crisis Shows Pitfalls of Decentralized Risk Management

Top DeFi lenders allowed a crypto CEO to take a risky bet, raising key questions about how they manage risk.

By Sam Kessler

Aug 23, 2023 at 1:26 p.m. UTC

Aug 23, 2023

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It was almost a dead man's Curve. (Unsplash)

Technology

Analysis

As Curve Averts DeFi Death Spiral, Fiasco Exposes Serious Risks

Curve, a leading decentralized exchange on Ethereum, was hacked for more than $70 million in July. Questions continue to linger around the platform's long-term viability and p...

By Sam Kessler

Aug 9, 2023 at 4:27 p.m. UTC

Aug 9, 2023

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