Crypto Lending

The "Wild West" era of crypto lending ended in a series of bankruptcies. Now the industry is attempting to rebuild in a sustainable and accountable manner.

By Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

Sep 6, 2023 at 5:33 p.m. UTC

Sep 6, 2023

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Solana-Based Crypto Lending Platform Jet Pivots to Fixed-Rate Term Lending

The project's new model uses an order book to match borrowers and lenders, relying on a market-based mechanism to set interest rates.

By Danny Nelson

Jun 22, 2023 at 6:50 p.m. UTC

Jun 22, 2023

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Rehypothecation May Be Common in Traditional Finance, but It Will Never Work With Bitcoin

Several crypto lenders, exchanges and funds that used customer assets to grow rapidly had a crash course in the limits of digital scarcity in 2022.

By Christopher Calicott

May 10, 2023 at 7:26 p.m. UTC

May 10, 2023

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Belgian Crypto Lender Bit4You Suspends Activities After Service Provider Declared Insolvent

Bit4You learned of CoinLoan's insolvency on April 24, and that it no longer has the necessary registration as a digital asset custodian.

By Jamie Crawley

Apr 27, 2023 at 4:25 p.m. UTC

Apr 27, 2023

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Credit Agency Giant TransUnion Will Deliver Credit Scores for Crypto Lending

TransUnion, one of the largest credit agencies in the U.S., will off-chain credit scores for blockchain-based loan applications in a way that maintains the privacy of consumers.

By Krisztian Sandor

Apr 20, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Apr 20, 2023

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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 lending protocol Maple Finance following FTX’s November collapse.

By Krisztian Sandor

Apr 5, 2023 at 7:10 p.m. UTC

Apr 5, 2023

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Crypto Lender Nexo to Stop EIP for US Clients on April 1

Last month Nexo paid a $22.5 million fine to the SEC for failing to register the offer and sale of its Earned Interest Product.

By Parikshit Mishra

Feb 13, 2023 at 7:28 a.m. UTC

Feb 13, 2023

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SALT Lending Raises $64.4M to Resume Operations

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SALT Lending Raises $64.4M to Resume Operations

Crypto lender SALT has closed a 64 4 million Series A funding round from a share sale to accredited investors less than three months after a planned sale fell through due to the implosion of centralized crypto exchange FTX SALT Lending CEO and Director Shawn Owen discusses the raise business plans and outlook for crypto [...]

By CoinDesk Inc

Feb 9, 2023 at 3:40 p.m. UTC

Feb 9, 2023

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