Lending

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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.
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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.
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MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen (CoinDesk TV)
Crypto Lending Protocol MakerDAO Approves Transferring a Maximum of $500M in USDC to Coinbase Custody for 2.6% Yield
The maneuver is part of MakerDAO’s earlier decision to move up to $1.6 billion of USDC stablecoins to Coinbase’s custody arm.
MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen (CoinDesk TV)

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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.
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Crypto Lender Maple Finance Opens U.S. Treasury Bill Pool for Cash Management
Maple’s new lending pool offers accredited investors, crypto firms and DAO treasuries a way to earn yield on their idle stablecoins by investing in one-month U.S. Treasury bills.
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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.
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Hong Kong-based crypto lender Babel Finance wants to roll out DeFi platform and stablecoin. (Unsplash)
Babel Finance Mulls Crypto-Backed Stablecoin to Repay $766M: Report
The firm's sole director is hoping to roll out a DeFi platform to begin paying back creditors.
Hong Kong-based crypto lender Babel Finance wants to roll out DeFi platform and stablecoin. (Unsplash)

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Will DeFi Emerge From Crypto Winter Stronger?
Galaxy Digital researcher Chelsea Virga writes about the innovations happening in decentralized finance.
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LQTY rises by 35%. (Cryptowatch)
Stablecoin Lender Liquity's Token Rises 35% on Binance Listing
LQTY hit a 10-month high of $1.82 as trading volume surged by 382%.
LQTY rises by 35%. (Cryptowatch)

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Liquid Staking Replaces DeFi Lending as Second-Largest Crypto Sector
The value of cryptocurrencies deposited in liquid staking protocols has increased to about $14 billion, trailing just deposits at decentralized exchanges.
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