Crypto Lending


Finance

Why Celsius Thinks CEL Won't Receive the Same SEC Treatment as XRP

In an interview with CoinDesk TV, CEO Alex Mashinsky explained why CEL has drawn recent interest from altcoin investors.

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Finance

Here's What Happened at Crypto Lender Cred's Latest Bankruptcy Hearing

Judge John Dorsey of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court rejected a motion to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee to oversee Cred’s restructuring.

Zoom screenshot of Judge John Dorsey

Tech

Aave Launches V2 in Bid to Make Borrowing Against Volatile Assets Less Risky

DeFi platform Aave has rolled out its second version, with several features that should make it more flexible and more capital efficient.

Aave means "ghost" in Finnish

Finance

BlockFi Announces Early 2021 Launch for Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince said it will be the first credit (not debit) card in the cryptocurrency industry.

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Markets

Leading Japanese Financial Firm SBI Holdings Rolls Out Crypto Lending Services

A subsidiary of SBI Holdings said it's launched a service allowing users to ‘lend’ bitcoin to the firm and earn an interest at the rate of 1% annually in return.

SBI Holdings

Finance

Bad Loans, Bad Bets, Bad Blood: How Crypto Lender Cred Really Went Bankrupt

Cred’s bankruptcy filing mainly blames fraud by an outside party. The full picture painted by former employees is more complex, and highlights the risks of the budding crypto lending market.

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Finance

Crypto Lender Cred Files for Bankruptcy After Losing Funds in Fraud

In October, the lender published a cryptic letter saying it has experienced “irregularities” in the handling of “specific” corporate funds by a “perpetrator of fraudulent activity.”

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Finance

Crypto Lender Celsius Taps Horizen for 'Proof-of-Reserves' Proof of Concept

The proof-of-reserves pilot would take information that appears on Celsius’ website and have it fed from a public Horizen sidechain instead.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky

Finance

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

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

Genesis CEO Michael Moro speaks at Invest: Asia 2019.

Finance

Leaked Recordings Suggest Crypto Lender Babel Leveraged Users' Funds in Longing Bitcoin

Leaked recordings suggest crypto lender Babel Finance leveraged some user funds to long bitcoin and faced potential default risks during this year’s Black Thursday market crash.

Babel Finance may be using customer funds to place bets that bitcoin's price will rise, co-founder Del Wang seemed to suggest in a leaked audio recording.