Nate DiCamillo

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Finance

Coinbase to Offer Bitcoin-Backed Loans to US Customers

Coinbase will allow U.S. retail customers to borrow fiat loans against as much as 30% of their bitcoin holdings starting in the fall.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Finance

Unpacking the Avit, Avanti Bank's New Digital Asset Being Built With Blockstream

Avanti says the Avit will not encounter the legal, accounting or tax hurdles of stablecoins, but it’s not yet clear where the asset will fit under U.S. law.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back

Finance

California Agency Backs Green-Energy Pilot Using RSK’s Bitcoin Smart Contracts

The California Energy Commission is funding an experimental market for carbon credit trading on the RSK blockchain, which runs on top of Bitcoin.

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Finance

Genesis' Crypto Lending Rebounds in 2Q; Firm Acknowledges Unsecured Loans

Genesis’ crypto lending arm came back strong in 2Q after a rocky 1Q. Separately, executives acknowledged the firm makes some uncollateralized loans.

Genesis CEO Michael Moro (CoinDesk archive, modified using PhotoMosh)

Finance

Bison Trails Hires Ex-Goldman Sachs VP as Legal Head

Blockchain infrastructure provider Bison Trails has hired BlockTower Capital’s former compliance director to be its first general counsel.

Elizabeth Ralston (Mark Kronov Photography)

Tech

CoinDesk Live Recap: Ethereum's DeFi Luminaries Discuss What's Next

MakerDAO's Rune Christensen, Compound's Robert Leshner and Uniswap's Hayden Adams discussed the state of the $3.8 billion DeFi market.

Will Foxley, Hayden Adams, Rune Christensen and Robert Leshner (clockwise from upper left) discuss DeFi on CoinDesk Live. (Screenshot)

Finance

Why DeFi on Ethereum Is Like Algorithmic Trading in the ‘90s

DeFi's surge has created an interesting dynamic: Traditional fund managers are beginning to experiment with what decentralization has to offer.

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Finance

What Crypto Lender Celsius Isn’t Telling Its Depositors

Celsius Network’s crypto lending service may be taking more risk than its depositors realize.

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Finance

Silvergate's Bitcoin-Backed Lending Product Grew 80% in the Last Quarter

Silvergate Bank continued to add a steady drip of crypto customers in Q2 2020 but its issuance of bitcoin-collateralized loans is what stood out.

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Finance

85% of Italian Banks Are Exchanging Interbank Transfer Data on Corda

Banks across Italy are using R3’s Corda blockchain to vastly speed the process of double-checking transaction logs.

Milan, Italy (Cristina Gottardi/Unsplash)