Lending

Lending

Finance

Crypto Lending Platform Morpho V2 Brings DeFi Closer to Traditional Finance

Morpho V2 delivers market-driven fixed-rate, fixed-term loans with customizable terms to meet the demands of institutions and enterprises.

Paul Frambot, CEO Morpho Labs (Morpho)

Finance

Wall Street Giant Cantor Debuts Bitcoin Lending Business With First Tranches to FalconX, Maple

The financing will help Maple Finance, a major crypto lending platform itself, to speed up its growth, CEO Sidney Powell said.

Brandon Lutnick (CoinDesk)

Markets

Tether, Galaxy, Ledn Dominate CeFi Crypto Lending as DeFi Borrowing Soars, Research Shows

Total crypto lending is still down 43% from its 2021 peak, but decentralized platforms have seen a significant growth, Galaxy reported.

(Christian Dubovan/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Lending Protocol Aave Processes $200M in Liquidation Without Adding to Bad-Debt Burden

Aave aced the market's stress test, processing millions in liquidations without taking on new bad debt.

Aave processed millions in liquidations Monday. (geralt/Pixabay)

Markets

MARA Holdings Lends Out 7,377 BTC to Generate Single Digit Yield

The bitcoin miner holds 44,893 BTC on its balance sheet, it said in a production report.

MARA Holdings to Generate Single Digit Yield on 7,377 BTC (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk)

Tech

Aave Gauges Community Interest for Expansion to Bitcoin Layer 2 Spiderchain

The potential deployment on a Bitcoin layer 2 by the largest DeFi lending protocol highlights the appetite for harnessing the original blockchain for purposes that are commonplace elsewhere in the crypto ecosystem.

Spiderchain, a Bitcoin layer 2 blockchain. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Institutional Investors Position for Bitcoin Volatility Into the U.S. Election

Some $350 million notional value of November call options traded on CME with a breakeven bitcoin price of nearly $80,000, anticipating a rally next month, one analyst noted.

Matador. (Credit: Paul Kenny McGrath/Unsplash)

Markets

'High-Risk' Crypto Loans Surge to a Two-Year High of $55M on Benqi: IntoTheBlock

The total amount of crypto-collateralized loans within 5% of their liquidation price is at its highest in over two years.

High-risk USD loans. (IntoTheBlock)

Finance

RWA Platform Credbull Rolls Out Up to $500M Private Credit Fund with Fixed High Yield on Plume Network

Private credit, a booming market in traditional finance, is a fast-growing sector in the blockchain-based real-world asset sector as well with $9 billion of assets, data shows.

Jason Delphi, Credbull CEO (Credbull)

Finance

Three Ways DeFi Will Revolutionize Financial Services

DeFi is poised to create a future where financial services are digital, open, always-on, and borderless, says Bill Barhydt, CEO, Abra.

(Matthew Henry/Unsplash)