Lending
Genesis Trading Buys Crypto Custodian Vo1t in Bid to Become Prime Broker
Digital currency trader and lender Genesis Global Trading is moving toward full-service prime brokerage with the acquisition of crypto custodian Vo1t.
BlockFi Hires Credit Suisse, Prudential Execs to Drive Global Expansion
Crypto lender BlockFi has hired two execs from traditional finance to help launch a bitcoin rewards card and build out business teams in Europe and Asia.
Genesis CEO Details 'Black Thursday' Chaos in Q1 Lending Report
Crypto lender Genesis Capital increased its loan book to $649 million during a tumultuous Q1 marked by wild fluctuations in the price of bitcoin.
Crypto Lender Celsius Taps Chainlink's Price Oracles for Interest Rate 'Decentralization'
Celsius Network has teamed up with oracle provider Chainlink to make the price feeds it uses to calculate asset interest rates less centralized.
Crypto Lender Cred Is Offering Investors 10% Interest With Spencer Dinwiddie Partnership
Crypto investors can "pledge" five different cryptos, including two stablecoins, to Cred and earn up to 10 percent interest in a new partnership with NBA star Spencer Dinwiddie.
MakerDAO Adds USDC as DeFi Collateral Following 'Black Thursday' Chaos
MakerDAO has added a third asset to its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, USD Coin (USDC), in response to the system’s flagship stablecoin, dai, continuing to float above its dollar peg.
Thursday’s Market Madness Strained Ethereum’s Killer App: DeFi
So many people were trying to use the Ethereum blockchain during Thursday’s market meltdown that many applications simply stopped working as intended.
MakerDAO Debts Grow as DeFi Leader Moves to Stabilize Protocol
MakerDAO is not pursuing its emergency shutdown option although the amount of uncollateralized dai continues to grow.
DeFi Leader MakerDAO Weighs Emergency Shutdown Following ETH Price Drop
A large drop in the price of ether is testing the feasibility of Ethereum's entire system of lending and borrowing.
Figure Technologies Securitizes $150M of Home Equity Loans on Blockchain
The deal may serve as a showcase for DLT’s benefits to Wall Street at a time when such use cases no longer generate the same buzz as five years ago.
