- Which is better and why: a crypto-backed loan or a traditional loan? https://thehificrypto.substack.com/p/true-cost-crypto-collateralized-loans 31 comments cryptocurrency
- El Salvador Plans to Offer Crypto-Based Loans https://www.cityam.com/el-salvador-to-offer-crypto-based-loans-to-smes/ 8 comments cryptocurrency
- El Salvador Plans to Offer Crypto-Based Loans for Small Businesses. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/21/el-salvador-plans-to-offer-crypto-based-loans-for-smes/ 23 comments cryptocurrency
- Crypto-collateralized loans may soon bring new investors to space https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-collateralized-loans-may-soon-bring-new-investors-to-space/amp 5 comments cryptocurrency
- Tether fires back against report it is using reserves for investments and making crypto-backed loans https://coinstats.app/newsinfo/2crvnvyysm_tether-fires-back-against-report-it-is-using-reserves-for-investments-and-making-cryptobacked-loans?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=coinstats 15 comments cryptocurrency
- MicroStrategy Pays $205 Million Silvergate Loan as US Banks Scramble to Keep Crypto Onshore https://beincrypto.com/microstrategy-pays-205-million-silvergate-loan/ 4 comments cryptocurrency
- BlockFi to Sell $160 Million in Bitcoin Miner-Backed Loans: Report - Prominent Crypto https://prominentcrypto.com/blockfi-to-sell-160-million-in-bitcoin-miner-backed-loans-report/ 2 comments bitcoin
- Rising Tether Loans Add Risk to Stablecoin, Crypto World https://www.wsj.com/articles/rising-tether-loans-add-risk-to-stablecoin-crypto-world-11669875590 20 comments cryptocurrency
- Binance Pay partnership allows UAE entrepreneurs to repay loans using crypto https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-pay-partnership-allows-uae-entrepreneurs-to-repay-loans-using-crypto 6 comments cryptocurrency
- BlockFi Crypto Loans Were Not Collateralized – SEC Order https://www.business2community.com/crypto-news/blockfi-crypto-loans-were-not-collateralized-sec-order-02514497 13 comments cryptocurrency
- Proton Chain Releases Crypto Lending Competition - LOAN https://blog.protonchain.com/proton-loan-is-now-live/ 4 comments cryptocurrency
- How To Use Crypto to Pay Off Student Loans & Credit Card Debt - Bankless https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/how-to-pay-off-your-student-loans 4 comments cryptocurrency
- Tether is "loaning" USDT to traders to buy crypto according to the NYAG https://old.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/cb1jk0/here_ya_go_folks_tether_is_loaning_usdt_to/ 19 comments btc
- Crypto Loans Are Booming in Latin America Amid Runaway Bank Rates and Inflation https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/29/crypto-loans-are-booming-in-latin-america-amid-runaway-bank-rates-and-inflation/ 14 comments cryptocurrency
- Voyager crypto firm loaned US$377 mln to Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research https://forkast.news/headlines/voyager-loaned-us377-alameda-research/ 27 comments cryptocurrency
- Crypto Broker Voyager Digital Says Three Arrows Capital Hasn’t Repaid $666 Million in Loans https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-broker-voyager-digital-says-three-arrows-capital-hasnt-repaid-666-million-in-loans-11655915660 8 comments btc
- Crypto Broker Voyager Digital Says Three Arrows Capital Hasn’t Repaid $666 Million in Loans https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-broker-voyager-digital-says-three-arrows-capital-hasnt-repaid-666-million-in-loans-11655915660 23 comments cryptocurrency
- El Salvador Plans to Offer Crypto Loans to Small-Scale Entrepreneurs https://news.bitcoin.com/el-salvador-plans-to-offer-crypto-loans-to-small-scale-entrepreneurs/ 9 comments cryptocurrency
- Paying Off Student Loans? You Can Do It With Crypto (Interesting, but is it feasible?) https://www.coindesk.com/learn/paying-off-student-loans-you-can-do-it-with-crypto/ 15 comments cryptocurrency
- MicroStrategy BTC investment is now in the red. What does that mean to BTC and crypto given that the investments are based on loans? https://saylortracker.com/ 23 comments cryptocurrency
- Bank Bets Big on Crypto, Backs Loans with Ethereum: ‘Bitcoin Will Aways Be the Gold, Ethereum Will Always Be the Silver’ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ether-backed-loans-added-bankprov-121546273.html 15 comments cryptocurrency
- In a long blog post, Tether ranted at Mainstream media for its failure to predict the collapse of crypto firms. Tether accused them of spreading FUD regarding Tether's rising risky loans claiming that the Tether's loans are overcollateralized. https://cryptopotato.com/tether-responds-to-media-fud-regarding-rising-loan-risk/ 11 comments cryptocurrency
- Crypto Exchange Blockchain.com Faces $270M Hit on Loans to Three Arrows Capital. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/07/08/crypto-exchange-blockchaincom-faces-250m-hit-on-loans-to-three-arrows-capital/ 15 comments cryptocurrency
- One of the most prominent crypto hedge funds just defaulted on a $670 million loan https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/27/three-arrows-capital-crypto-hedge-fund-defaults-on-voyager-loan.html 4 comments btc
- Taking out a loan to invest in crypto will always be a dumb idea! https://www.news.com.au/finance/markets/world-markets/cryptocurrency-crash-sees-man-loses-650k-life-savings/news-story/183fef63537f24376a1e465021687df9 83 comments cryptocurrency
- Digital Banking Rebel Pioneers Leveraging Of Crypto For Home Loans https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmarkman/2022/05/02/digital-banking-rebel-pioneers-leveraging-of-crypto-for-home-loans/ 6 comments cryptocurrency
- Big Crypto Move! Goldman Sachs Lends Its First Bitcoin-Backed Loan https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/news/goldman-sachs-lends-its-first-bitcoin-backed-loan-568298.html 17 comments cryptocurrency
- Santander to offer loans secured by grain-based crypto tokens https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/136666/santander-to-offer-loans-secured-by-grain-based-crypto-tokens 16 comments cryptocurrency
- Millennials and Gen Z Are Investing in Crypto for Retirement "In a 2021 study by the personal loan company Stilt, more than 94% of people who own crypto were millennials or members of Gen Z." https://money.com/gen-z-millennials-invest-crypto-retirement/ 49 comments cryptocurrency
- Crypto exchange Kraken’s new NFT marketplace to issue loans By Cointelegraph https://m.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/crypto-exchange-krakens-new-nft-marketplace-to-issue-loans-2726283 8 comments cryptocurrency
- Breaking story - Celsius confirms long-rumored suspicions that Tether loans USDT to customers in exchange for other crypto as collateral (rather than fiat). https://www.ft.com/content/0035016c-29ad-4e6f-9163-2a17df490aa5 110 comments cryptocurrency
- Loans without interest are finally available for us crypto folks! https://messari.io/article/liquity-interest-free-algorithmic-borrowing-on-ethereum 20 comments cryptocurrency
- Crypto Investment Firm Blockwater Technologies Defaults on $3.4M DeFi Loan https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/10/10/crypto-investment-firm-blockwater-technologies-defaults-on-defi-loan/ 10 comments cryptocurrency
- Impossible Finance v2 suffered a flash loan attack in June - they fixed it, and covered all losses. This is what crypto should have more of. https://medium.com/impossiblefinance/impossible-finance-v2-swap-jun-21st-postmortem-94e4b59ad490 24 comments btc
- DeFi protocol Impossible Finance suffered a flash-loan attack - they made everyone whole and posted lessons learned. This is rare in crypto. https://medium.com/impossiblefinance/impossible-finance-v2-swap-jun-21st-postmortem-94e4b59ad490 14 comments economy
- Crypto Mortgages Let Homebuyers Keep Bitcoin, Put Down Nothing | New home loans are deepening the role of volatile digital assets in the real estate market. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-27/buying-real-estate-with-crypto-new-mortgages-are-backed-by-coins 70 comments technology
- Former UK Chancellor, Hammond labels crypto as ‘gambling’, same guy who said that banks were not responsible for the 2008 financial crisis as "they had to lend to someone" and that people who took out loans were "seeking to blame others for their actions." https://finbold.com/former-uk-chancellor-labels-crypto-as-gambling-money-warns-against-trading-it/ 69 comments cryptocurrency
- "Expect exchanges to suspend crypto withdrawals in a Tether collapse. They’ve been secretly lending your crypto to HFT firms for extra revenue. Tether made secret loans to Bitfinex. Bitfinex makes secret loans of crypto. Especially for shitcoin airdrops. Shareholder perks." https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed/status/1420261457229385731 8 comments btc
- US government keeps printing dollars to fund excessive loans like this 250b one. This could be good for crypto as the dollar keeps devaluing. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/08/senate-passes-bipartisan-tech-and-manufacturing-bill-aimed-at-china.html 9 comments cryptocurrency
- I took out a 20k debt consolidation loan last year, gambled it on crypto currency “investments”. Lost all my money and effectively just doubled my total debt to 40k. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/a4ost2/i_took_out_a_20k_debt_consolidation_loan_last/ 61 comments personalfinance