Credit
eBay rejects GameStop's $56B bid
eBay's board rejected GameStop's $56 billion takeover bid, calling it "neither credible nor attractive." Now questions are growing over whether CEO Ryan Cohen will sell the company's $368 million bitcoin position to make the deal look more credible. CoinDesk's Sam Ewen hosts "CoinDesk Daily."
"We're the biggest buyer of bitcoin in the world": Michael Saylor's infinite vision
In a CoinDesk interview following Consensus Miami 2026, Strategy Founder, Michael Saylor, discusses being the world’s largest bitcoin buyer with $62B purchased. In this interview, Saylor describes the convergence of TradFi and DeFi via their digital credit product Stretch (STRC), which has rapidly grown and helps fund bitcoin accumulation.
AI infrastructure firm secures up to $500 million onchain loan after bypassing banks
The credit facility used GPU hardware as tokenized collateral, enabling faster capital access without traditional credit checks.
Private credit may be the breakout use case for tokenization: Maple's Sidney Powell
Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell said blockchain’s biggest opportunity isn’t tokenized Treasury bills or funds — instead, it’s bringing opaque, illiquid private credit markets onchain.
Crypto credit is starting to look like cash savings accounts: Asia Morning Briefing
Flowdesk says record demand met even deeper liquidity, suppressing volatility across staking, stablecoin lending, making crypto credit markets look more like traditional cash plumbing.
ETHZilla Buys 20% of AI Lending Platform Karus in $10M Deal to Tokenize Auto Loans
The companies plan to tokenize auto loans, with the first portfolios expected to be available by early 2026.
Market Maker Flowdesk Says Crypto Credit Is Finding a Fragile Balance
DeFi lenders are deleveraging but not retreating, with borrowing demand for majors like SOL and BTC staying firm and yields compressing across Maple and JitoSOL.
Advancing Private Credit with On-Chain Rails
Private credit — especially asset-backed finance — is plagued by inefficiencies, but blockchain and programmable money are now enabling faster, cheaper and more scalable solutions that could democratize access and disrupt traditional players, writes Ava Labs’ Morgan Krupetsky.
Blockchain-Based RWA Specialists Bring $50M to Apollo's Tokenized Credit Strategy
Crypto credit infrastructure firm Grove commits $50 million to the Anemoy Tokenized Apollo Diversified Credit Fund (ACRDX) with help from Plume and Centrifuge.
WisdomTree Launches Tokenized Private Credit Fund
The fund has a low minimum investment of $25 and offers two-day redemptions.
