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Finance

Binance Pool Starts $500 Million Fund to Support Bitcoin Mining

The entity is the latest to join the growing ranks of alternative lenders looking to provide capital to the distressed mining industry.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Markets

TrueFi's $4M Bad Debt in Limbo Shows Risk of Crypto Lending Without Collateral

Decentralized lending protocol TrueFi’s experience with loan default reveals its recourse for recovering bad debts: old-school solutions that can be time-sapping and costly, such as taking borrowers to court.

(Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Reuniting Borrowers and Lenders on Defi

Morpho is an Ethereum application bringing peer-to-peer to lending to protocols like such as Aave and Compound. Paul Frambot is the co-founder.

(Paul Frambot)

Finance

Crypto Lending Firm Ledn to Acquire Canadian Fund Manager Arxnovum

With the deal, Ledn will be able to offer more types of investments.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Jan Web/Unsplash)

Markets

DeFi Platform Ribbon Finance's Unsecured Lending Product Sees Crypto Firms Folkvang and Wintermute Borrow Over $10M

Ribbon's Lend, which went live on Monday, allows institutions to borrow funds without having to lock in collateral.

Ribbon's unsecured lending product, Lend, went live on Monday. (Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Loans Are Booming in Latin America Amid Runaway Bank Rates and Inflation

The traditional banking system and economic instability are making it difficult for Latin Americans to get credit, but crypto lending is thriving across the region.

Las tasas para los préstamos de los bancos tradicionales aumentaron exponencialmente, lo que potenció el crecimiento de plataformas de préstamos cripto. (Unsplash)

Finance

Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Network's CEO, Alex Mashinsky, Resigns

Celsius' CEL token is trading 8% lower following the announcement.

Alex Mashinsky, founder and CEO of Celsius Network, at Consensus 2019 in New York (CoinDesk)

Policy

California, New York Join Several States Ordering Crypto Lender Nexo to Halt Yield Product

Seven states have ordered a halt to Nexo’s “Earn Interest Product” accounts, accusing the company of improperly offering unregistered securities.

Kalin Metodiev, co-founder and managing partner of Nexo (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Co-Founder of Failed Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX Starts DeFi Protocol UwU Lend

The new platform released by Michael Patryn has already secured $57.5 million in total value locked.

Long-term holders spend BTC. (Unsplash)

Finance

DeFi Platform Maple Finance Aims to Help Struggling Bitcoin Miners With $300M Lending Pool

The DeFi platform is launching its first fully collateralized, industry-specific lending pool with up to 20% interest rate as bitcoin miners are finding it tough to raise capital.

A Bitfarms mining facility in Washington State. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)