Lending

Lending

Opinion

Why DeFi Protocols Are Limiting ETH Borrowing Ahead of Ethereum’s Merge

Aave and Compound voted for precautionary measures to prevent airdrop hoarders from sucking up their liquidity.

(Possessed Photography/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

DeFi Lending Protocol Notional to Offer New Leveraged Product

The platform plans to release three “leveraged vaults” next month that allow users to trade up to 10 or 20 times their initial capital.

Notional is launching a new leveraged lending product. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Lender Nexo Introduces Spot and Margin Trading Platform

Nexo Pro will aggregate liquidity across market makers in an attempt to offer minimal slippage to its users.

Crypto trading platform Talos announced three new hires to senior roles. (Nicholas Cappello/Unsplash)

Policy

With Crypto’s Blowups, TradFi Boasts Its Legal Rigor

Standard-setters say existing rules for lending traditional securities should apply to crypto, too.

Lawyers say better crypto contracts would halt messy situations such as the one bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network is now in with its creditors. (Dafydd Owen/Getty Images)

Finance

Online Investing Platform BnkToTheFuture to Buy Crypto Lender Salt Lending

The platform also plans to work with companies in financial distress.

BnkToTheFuture CEO Simon Dixon. (BnkToTheFuture)

Finance

Crypto Lender Nexo Allocates Additional $50M for Token Buyback Initiative

After purchasing its native tokens, Nexo will hold them in a vesting period for 12 months.

Antoni Trenchev Co-Founder Nexo (Shutterstock/Coindesk)

Finance

Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Placed Under Interim Judicial Management by Singapore Court

The Singapore-based lender was placed under interim judicial management, a type of creditor protection, on Aug. 29.

(Sasun Bughdary/Unsplash)

Finance

Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Now Says It Likely Has Enough Cash to Last Through End of Year

The chief financial officer said during a bankruptcy hearing the company will receive additional funds via maturing loans, and sales and use tax savings.

Celsius participated in a call with its creditors on Friday. (Unsplash)

Finance

Solana’s Biggest DeFi Lender Is Leaning Into 'Permissionless' Loan Markets

These “permissionless pools'' don't have any of the safeguards afforded to Solend’s whitelisted markets. That’s by design.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Lender Nexo Sues Former Director Over $7.9M Trading Loss: Report

Nexo was locked out of a BitMEX account connected to its former director, resulting in $7.9 million in losses.

Antoni Trenchev Co-Founder Nexo (Shutterstock/Coindesk)