P2P Lending

Opinion

How DeFi Can Avoid the Irrelevance of P2P Lending and Crowdfunding

Lex SokolinOct 16, 2020

To avoid the fate of other p2p projects, DeFi protocols need incentives and feedback loops so users choose open-source over closed systems.

Startups

Crypto Lender Dharma Officially Launches on Ethereum Blockchain

Brady DaleApr 8, 2019

Dharma, the lending startup with backing from Coinbase and Polychain, wants to make peer-to-peer crypto loans accessible to all.

Lending

Bitcoin Hodlers Get a Lending Option With No KYC

Anna BaydakovaOct 22, 2020

Hodl Hodl is launching a peer-to-peer lending marketplace for hardcore bitcoiners

Investment

NY Wealth Manager to Issue Loans Against Bitcoin

Brady DaleMar 9, 2018

New York family office Dominion Capital is launching a product for a new breed of consumer that's "crypto rich" but low on cash.

BitPagos

Ripio Closes $37 Million ICO for Ethereum Lending Network

Brady DaleNov 6, 2017

Ripio's peer-to-peer lending platform uses smart contracts to reduce lender risk and increase lending in the developing world.

P2P Lending

P2P Lending

Bitcoin Lender Bitbond Nets €5 Million to Fund New Loans

Stan Higgins

Bitcoin peer-to-peer lending market Bitbond has secured €5m worth of debt financing to fund loans on the platform.

China

P2P Giant Dianrong is Preparing for Full Blockchain Integration

Michael del Castillo

VC-backed P2P lending startup Dianrong says it's on the verge of a blockchain integration across its "entire platform".

China

China, Blockchain & The Holy Grail of Marketplace Lending

Noelle Acheson

A blockchain partnership spearheaded by Foxconn could have ripple effects for global supply chains and lending, CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson argues.

Venture Capital

P2P Bitcoin Lender Bitbond Raises $1.2 Million in New Funding

Stan Higgins

Peer-to-peer bitcoin loan market Bitbond has raised a further $1.2m from a group of angel investors.

Brazil

P2P Bitcoin Lender Seeks Market Traction in Brazil

Pete Rizzo

Bitcoin lending startup Bitbond is seeking to gain traction in Portugal and Brazil in 2016.

Bitcoin Foundation

Bitcoin Foundation’s Patrick Murck to Advise BTCJam

Yessi Bello Perez

Patrick Murck, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, has joined BTCJam's board of advisors to help spread crowdfunded bitcoin loans worldwide.

Venture Capital

P2P Bitcoin Lending Platform Bitbond Receives €200,000 Seed Funding

Tanaya Macheel

Peer-to-peer bitcoin lending company Bitbond has secured €200,000 in seed money in a round led by Point Nine Capital.