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Understanding Defi Flash Loans: Complex Attacks, Inflation and Composable Systems

23.2.2020
Two recent flash loans on the defi platform Bzx have started a fierce debate about the subject of using uncollateralized loans in a quick trade. Essentially these flash loans are providing people with the ability to borrow crypto without relinquishing any collateral. The scheme was used to exploit...

Here’s Why Interest Rates on Cryptocurrencies Could Be a Game-Changer

22.2.2020
The growth in crypto lending platforms is giving birth to a new type of valuation metric: interest rates

Defi for Bitcoin: Collateral Peg Platform Provides Noncustodial BTC Lending on Ethereum

19.2.2020
During the second week of February, a new project called tBTC was unveiled that is similar to the Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) created with the Ethereum network. However, the tBTC effort claims to be a noncustodial application that allows users to deposit BTC, mint tBTC, and lend it with interest. Also...

Celsius Joins Major Cryptocurrency Firms Using Simplex’s Fiat Onramp

18.2.2020
United Kingdom-based crypto lending startup Celsius Network enables in-app crypto purchases via a new partnership with Simplex

DeFi Project bZx Exploited for Second Time in a Week, Loses $630K in Ether

18.2.2020
The attacker manipulated price feeds in order to create and profit from an under collateralized loan

Decentralized Lending Protocol bZx Hacked Twice in a Matter of Days

18.2.2020
Decentralized lending protocol bZx was hacked two times just days apart, with a total loss of about $954,000

Mind the Gap: Why ETH Price and DeFi Adoption Aren’t in Sync

16.2.2020
Demand for DeFi lending services built on ethereum shows a pattern of inverse relationship to the price of ETH. When ether prices are falling, the amount of ETH locked in DeFi tends to rise. Most recent data indicate the relationship operates the other way, too

Crypto Lending Firm BlockFi Secures $30M to Facilitate Mainstream Adoption

13.2.2020
BlockFi has raised $30 million from an array of investors, including Morgan Creek Digital, Winklevoss Capital and Arrington XRP Capital

Bitcoin Lender BlockFi Raises $30M in Series B Led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures

13.2.2020
Having Hong Kong-based HashKey as an investor will help BlockFi expand into Singapore later this year, said CEO Zac Prince

Crypto Lending Startup BlockFi Raises USD 30M, Plans Singapore Office

13.2.2020
Zac Prince, co-founder of BlockFi. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bitcoin Archives Following the millions raised in the series A funding, major U.S.-based cryptocurrency lending startup BlockFi sees almost 64% more in funding just six months later. Also, they're about to open a Singapore...

Cred Now Enables LTC Holders to Earn Up to Ten Percent Interest on Their Digital Assets

12.2.2020
Cred, a licensed crypto-backed lending and borrowing platform based in California, now supports litecoin. The service will allow LTC holders to earn up to ten percent interest through any of its partners including the Litecoin Foundation, Bitcoin.com, Uphold, and Bitbuy. Since July 2019 Cred allows...

Litecoin Foundation Partners With Cred to Let Holders Earn Interest

10.2.2020
Litecoin holders can now lend their holdings to receive interest and support the foundation

How Fund Managers View Lending and Staking: 3 Takeaways From a CoinDesk Research Webinar

31.1.2020
In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital and Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital joined us to discuss how they evaluate risk and returns in crypto lending and staking...

Genesis Crypto Lending Firm Hits New Record in Loan Originations in Q4 2019

31.1.2020
Cryptocurrency lending firm Genesis closed the fourth quarter of 2019 with a historic high in loan originations

Compared to Traditional Banks, Crypto Lenders See Booming Growth

30.1.2020
A lukewarm U.S. economy is making big banks like JPMorgan Chase struggle to produce fast loan growth - even with interest rates close to historic lows. Yet, in the white-hot cryptocurrency industry, lenders are burgeoning

Former Coinbase COO Joins Blockchain-Based Lending Firm Figure

29.1.2020
Asiff Hirji, Coinbase's former president and COO, will take on a new role as president of blockchain-based lending startup Figure Technologies

CoinLoan—A Secured Platform for Lending Crypto Assets

27.1.2020
CoinLoan is a leading platform for lending secured crypto assets such as cryptocurrency and tokens, which are intended to meet the huge demand that cannot be compensated by the traditional credit system. Also, it offers borrowers the favorable conditions and lenders with the repayment of their...