Tagged: crypto lending

June 22, 2020 @ 7:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether Ltd, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, has reportedly made a $10 million equity investment into the operations of the Celsius Network, a leading digital asset lending platform, which now has a $120 million pre-money valuation and $150 million post-money valuation. Celsius… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset lender Nexo has introduced a PAX Gold (PAXG) credit line for retail clients. Nexo’s management noted that it will allow all investors to use the PAXG token as a collateral option. This offering was only available for the company’s institutional clients. PAXG is… Read More

March 13, 2020 @ 6:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, a leading Ethereum (ETH)-powered decentralized finance (DeFi) credit facility, is reportedly planning to conduct a MKR governance token auction within two days from now. This marks the first time that this type of event will take place in Maker’s history. The MKR auction, called… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 1:20 am By Cali Haan  |  

The availability of cheap, cryptocurrency-collateralized loans is growing unsustainably and could induce a crisis, two former Wall Street traders now working in crypto lending have told Bloomberg. According to the outlet, the crypto-collateralized loan industry is a relatively new one that mostly emerged in the… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this month, DrawBridge Lending (dba DBL Digital), a digital asset lending, borrowing and investment management firm, partnered with Kingdom Trust, a qualified custodian providing a self-directed IRA incorporating several digital assets with property and traditional asset investments. DBL Digital and Kingdom Trust aim to… Read More

August 15, 2019 @ 11:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with Bitcoin.com. According to Celsius Network, users of its services are now able to purchase BCH, BTC, ETH, and other mutually supported cryptocurrencies through the Celsius app using… Read More

August 1, 2019 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Thursday it has topped  $300 million in AUM and $2.2 billion in loans. Celsius Network reported: “These new numbers reflect the company’s unparalleled growth during its first year in operation and places Celsius as the… Read More