Ledn

Bitcoin Falls Over 30% From All-Time High in November

Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Ledn Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, shares insights into his firm’s bitcoin-backed loan project and how it can be useful to those looking to buy...

By CoinDesk Staff

Dec 20, 2021 at 9:43 p.m. UTC

Dec 20, 2021

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Ledn's co-founders, Adam Reeds (left) and Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

Finance

Canada

Crypto Lending Firm Ledn Raises $30M From Alan Howard, Coinbase and More

Kingsway Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Susquehanna and other investors also participated in the Series A round.

By Daniel Palmer

May 26, 2021 at 1:33 p.m. UTC

May 26, 2021

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Finance

Africa

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.

By Daniel Palmer

Feb 8, 2021 at 1:35 p.m. UTC

Feb 8, 2021

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Finance

Latin america

Ledn Launches USDC Stablecoin Savings Accounts With Focus on Latin America

Ledn is now offering USDC stablecoin savings accounts through a partnership with the crypto lending and trading conglomerate Genesis.

By Leigh Cuen

May 14, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

May 14, 2020

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Tech

Makerdao

The CoinDesk 50: MakerDAO Is the Godzilla of DeFi

The $350 million MakerDAO protocol has become the most important project in DeFi, and DeFi has emerged as the most viable part of Ethereum.

By Brady Dale

May 10, 2020 at 1:06 p.m. UTC

May 10, 2020

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