Singapore-based lending platform Vauld raised $2 million, led by Pantera Capital, to grow into a full crypto bank. Other investors include Coinbase Ventures, LuneX Ventures and individual investors including…
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MakerDAO Loans Can Be Gamed to Hold Out Funds From Liquidation – CoinDesk
Borrowers can close debt positions on lending platform MakerDAO under the 150% collateral minimum with this one simple trick. A loophole in MakerDAO’s collateralized debt positions (CDPs) market, discovered…
BlockFi Hires Former Deutsche Bank, Barclays Alum as General Counsel – CoinDesk
Crypto lending platform BlockFi has hired an experienced legal professional in a bid to stay ahead of the regulatory curve. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a…
Compound Tops $1B in Crypto Loans as DeFi Farmers Keep Digging for Yield – CoinDesk
Compound, the leading lending protocol on Ethereum, has broken a billion dollars in total assets borrowed, according to the tracker on its website. This is the latest milestone for…
Around the Block #5: downstream impacts of the recent market crash on lending, stablecoins, and…
Around the Block #5: downstream impacts of the recent market crash on lending, stablecoins, and DeFi Coinbase Around the Block, sheds light on key issues in the crypto space. In…
BlockFi Adjusts Interest Rates to Lure Larger Crypto Deposits – CoinDesk
BlockFi, one of the first lending startups in the cryptocurrency markets, announced Thursday it would make changes to the interest paid based on the yield it generates from lending…
Litecoin Non-Profit to Hold Undisclosed Treasury Sum with Crypto Lender – CoinDesk
The Litecoin Foundation is putting its capital to work, lending at interest through another cryptocurrency program. The Foundation has tapped the Celsius Network, a blockchain-based crypto lending program, to…
Tagomi Rollout Paves Way for Institutional Crypto Shorting – CoinDesk
Crypto brokerage Tagomi released its borrowing and lending platform to the wider public, enabling investors to short cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. Tagomi’s COO Kevin Johnson told CoinDesk that…
Binance Partners With Crypto Lending and Borrowing Firm Cred – CoinDesk
Binance exchange is teaming up with Cred to offer cryptocurrency lending and borrowing services across its ecosystem. As part of the arrangement, California-based Cred will migrate a portion of…
Bitbond Plans to Raise $3.9 Million in Germany’s ‘First’ Regulated STO – CoinDesk
Blockchain-based lending platform Bitbond is launching a security token offering (STO) that it says is the first to be approved by a regulator in Germany. Through the sale, the firm…