Credit

Credit

Finance

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.

US dollars loan ( Frederick Warren/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

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.

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Markets

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.

Crypto custodians are increasingly mindful of how stored tokens should be used in governing DeFi protocols. (Credit: NYPL)

Finance

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.

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Markets

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.

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CoinDesk Indices

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.

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Finance

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.

Christine Moy, partner leading digital assets at Apollo Global Management (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

WisdomTree Launches Tokenized Private Credit Fund

The fund has a low minimum investment of $25 and offers two-day redemptions.

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Tokenized Assets Will Eclipse DeFi, Chronicle Founder Niklas Kunkel Says

In an interview with CoinDesk, Kunkel outlines how oracles are moving beyond price feeds to power real-time risk management for the next wave of onchain credit.

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Markets

Asia Morning Briefing: Architect Bets Credit Will Outshine Crypto Equities as It Builds a Web3 Moody’s

As crypto equity markets become overcrowded and illiquid, Architect bets on building a Moody's-like credit rating system to unlock new pools of institutional capital.

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