Lending

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

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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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Finance

Defi

DeFi Platform Term Finance Brings Fixed Rate Lending to Ethereum

Short term, fixed rate loans can now work in harmony with Aave and Compound's "ultimate liquidity" model.

By Ian Allison

Aug 1, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 1, 2023

DeFiLending

Markets

Real world assets

Crypto Lender Credix Brings Additional Private Credit Pool on Solana With 11% Yield

Decentralized finance platform Credix opens a trade receivables lending pool with the Solana Foundation among the investors.

By Krisztian Sandor

Jul 26, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 26, 2023

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Markets

Makerdao

MakerDAO Votes to Halt Lending to Tokenized Credit Pool After $2M Loan Default

The embattled Harbor Trade credit pool minted $1.5 million of DAI stablecoin secured with loans to a consumer electronics firm, which defaulted on $2.1 million of debt.

By Krisztian Sandor

Jul 20, 2023 at 4:16 p.m. UTC

Jul 20, 2023

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