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Finance

Seamless Protocol Issues SEAM, Bags First Base-Blockchain Token Listing on Coinbase

Seamless previously operated the "OG Points" program, allowing thousands of users to earn points in their on-chain wallets.

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Markets

Investment Adviser Two Prime Sees $2B in Demand for Bitcoin-Backed Loans

"We have seen about $2 billion in demand for bitcoin-secured loans since we started offering them in September," Two Prime's Alexander Blume said.

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Finance

Tokenized RWA Platform Untangled Goes Live, Gets $13.5M Funding to Bring Private Credit On-Chain

London-based asset manager Fasanara Capital led the investment round and has opened two private tokenized credit pools on the platform.

Untangled Finance raises $13.5M (Untangled Finance)

Markets

Real-World Asset Loan Worth $20M at Risk of Losing $7M on DeFi Platform Goldfinch

Protocol contributor Warbler Labs said it will backstop all losses.

Goldfinch (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

DeFi Project Yield Protocol to Wind Down by Year's End

At its peak in April 2022, the DeFi lending project had over $22 million in total value locked, but this figure has since dropped to around $2 million.

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Finance

Coinbase Creates New Crypto Lending Service Geared Toward Large Investors

Coinbase (COIN) raised $57 million for the platform as of Sept. 1, according to an SEC filing.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Markets

Default of Tokenized Loans on Centrifuge Puts MakerDAO’s Investment at Risk

MakerDAO has lent $1.84 million of DAI stablecoin to the tokenized credit pool under distress.

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Consensus Magazine

Tokenization News Roundup: Resource Extraction, Social Media Monetization and Real World Connections

A weekly digest of articles, reports and analyses about tokenized RWAs, the fast-growing financial instruments that merge traditional finance to the blockchain.

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Tech

Curve Crisis Shows Pitfalls of Decentralized Risk Management

Top DeFi lenders allowed a crypto CEO to take a risky bet, raising key questions about how they manage risk.

Photo of Stani Kulechov in 2019 (CoinDesk archive)

Tech

As Curve Averts DeFi Death Spiral, Fiasco Exposes Serious Risks

Curve, a leading decentralized exchange on Ethereum, was hacked for more than $70 million in July. Questions continue to linger around the platform's long-term viability and potential contagion risk.

It was almost a dead man's Curve. (Unsplash)