Loans

Dogecoin

Gemini Exchange Users Can Now Earn Interest on Dogecoin

Sebastian SinclairMay 10, 2021

The U.S.-based exchange also added sushiswap, injective and polygon, bringing the total of interest-earning cryptocurrencies to 32.

Payments

Crypto.com Expanding Payment Card to Australia After Becoming Visa Principal Member

Tanzeel AkhtarMar 18, 2021

Crypto.com is now a principal member of Visa's Australia network.

Crypto-Backed Lending

Anchorage to Offer Ethereum-Backed Loans Through BankProv

Nate DiCamilloJun 3, 2021

This is the first time Anchorage has extended ETH-backed loans through a traditional, FDIC-insured bank.

Blockchain Startups

Blockchain-Based Lender Figure Technologies Applies for US National Bank Charter

Danny NelsonNov 6, 2020

If granted, the charter would replace the blockchain-based lender's hodgepodge of state licenses with a single nationwide regulator.

Crypto Lending

ETH Gobbles Up Larger Share of Genesis Loan Book as Trading Firms Feast on DeFi Summer

Nate DiCamilloOct 30, 2020

Genesis Trading saw the share of bitcoin in its loan portfolio drop, mainly due to demand for liquidity mining on DeFi protocols.

Loans

Russia

Barclays’ Former Russian Bank Has Issued a Token-Collateralized Loan

Anna Baydakova

Expobank has issued its first loan using WAVES tokens as collateral – the bank are now estimating what future demand could be.

Lending

Here’s Why Interest Rates on Cryptocurrencies Could Be a Game-Changer

Christine Kim

The growth in crypto lending platforms is giving birth to a new type of valuation metric: interest rates.

China

Guangdong Blockchain Financing Platform Aims to Help Small Business

David Pan

A new platform backed by Guangdong province aims to streamline the process for commercial banks to lend funds to small businesses with more detailed and reliable profiles provided by its blockchain network.

Loans

Genesis Clocks Quarterly Surge in Cash and Stablecoin Lending

Daniel Kuhn

For the first time this year, BTC-denominated loans now represent less than 60 percent of Genesis' portfolio.

Argentina

Lock BTC, Get DAI: Lending Firm Bridges Bitcoin-DeFi Divide in Latin America

Leigh Cuen

Ledn is partnering with MakerDAO to bring the ethereum-backed stablecoin DAI to more users in Latin America.

Exchanges

Bitrue Exchange to Launch Crypto-Backed Loan Platform

Danny Nelson

The service, which goes live on Sept. 30, loans BTC, ETH XRP and USDT at a 0.04% daily interest rate.

Startups

How Celsius Turned Its Crypto ICO Into a Billion-Dollar Lending Business

Leigh Cuen

Lending startup Celsius went from a $50 million token sale to $1 billion in crypto deposits.