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Real-world assets could revitalize dying NFT lending market: DappRadar
28.5.2025
Real-world assets linking up with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is one of a few key catalysts that could reignite the waning NFT lending sector, which is suffering from a collapse in volumes and user activity, says blockchain analytics platform DappRadar.Volumes in the NFT lending market, which allows...
Real-world assets could revitalize dying NFT lending market: DappRadar
28.5.2025
Real-world assets linking up with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is one of a few key catalysts that could reignite the waning NFT lending sector, which is suffering from a collapse in volumes and user activity, says blockchain analytics platform DappRadar.Volumes in the NFT lending market, which allows...
Real-world assets could revitalize dying NFT lending market: DappRadar
28.5.2025
Real-world assets linking up with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is one of a few key catalysts that could reignite the waning NFT lending sector, which is suffering from a collapse in volumes and user activity, says blockchain analytics platform DappRadar.Volumes in the NFT lending market, which allows...
Wall Street Firm Cantor Begins Bitcoin Lending Operations
27.5.2025
Cantor, a Wall Street investment bank, has launched its bitcoin financing business, completing initial trades in May and planning to provide up to $2 billion in institutional lending. Cantor Offers Up to $2B in Financing for Bitcoin Holders The service allows institutional bitcoin holders to secure...
Wall Street Giant Cantor Debuts Bitcoin Lending Business With First Tranches to FalconX, Maple
27.5.2025
The financing will help Maple Finance, a major crypto lending platform itself, to speed up its growth, CEO Sidney Powell said
Crypto Lending Platform Ledn Transitions to Bitcoin-Only Loan Model, Discontinuing ETH and Growth Accounts
26.5.2025
Ledn, a crypto lending platform, has announced a strategic shift to become a bitcoin-only company effective July 1, 2025, discontinuing support for ethereum ( ETH) and focusing exclusively on bitcoin-backed loans. This decision is explained to be driven by the company’s commitment to providing...
Crypto Lender Ledn Goes Full Bitcoin Maxi as It Seeks to Reduce Client Asset Risk
23.5.2025
Ledn said the shift is part of its broader strategy to simplify its product and sharpen its focus around bitcoin
DeFi lending TVL is outpacing DEXs due to more sustainable yield — VC
12.5.2025
Crypto users could be looking for a more sustainable yield this cycle, as total value locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) lending continues to hit new highs while decentralized exchanges (DEXs) have lagged in comparison.DeFi lending protocols are currently the leading DeFi vertical in TVL...
Value Locked in Aave Reaches All-Time High of $24.4B Amid Lending Protocol Momentum
12.5.2025
Aave’s total value locked (TVL) has reached an all-time high of $24.389 billion, signaling renewed investor confidence in the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol. Onchain Lending Platform Aave Sets New TVL Benchmark The lending protocol’s latest milestone places it among the largest DeFi...
CoinDesk Weekly Recap: Even ETH Is Up
9.5.2025
PLUS: Coinbase's big deal; Pectra upgrade; stablecoins penetrate; bitcoin lending returns
Xpfinance Secures a $200,000 Seed Funding to Launch a Non-Custodial Lending Platform on the Ripple ($XRP) Ledger
7.5.2025
This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. Xpfinance, an innovative decentralized finance (DeFi) startup building on Ripple’s XRP blockchain, has successfully closed a $200,000 seed funding round. The seed round was led by Xenoverge Fund and saw participation from several prominent...
Bitcoin Payments App Strike to Offer BTC Lending in Boost to Reemergent Sector
7.5.2025
"You shouldn’t have to sell the best-performing asset in human history to access cash. Now you don't have to," founder Jack Mallers wrote
Bitmain Lending Partner Antalpha Launches Nasdaq IPO Roadshow
6.5.2025
Antalpha Platform Holding has launched the roadshow for its upcoming initial public offering, planning to offer 3,850,000 ordinary shares at an expected price range of $11.00 to $13.00 per share. IPO Filed With SEC Antalpha Platform Holding has announced the commencement of the roadshow for...
Britain’s Financial Watchdog to Stop Lending for Crypto Asset Purchases
2.5.2025
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Britain’s financial watchdog, has decided to step in and stop financial institutions from giving credit to facilitate the purchase of cryptocurrency assets. The decision is part of a larger set of rules the institution aims to include to streamline...
UK’s FCA Seeks Public and Industry Views on Crypto Regulation
2.5.2025
The Financial Conduct Authority is seeking views on intermediaries, staking, lending and borrowing, and decentralised finance
Coinbase Targeting 4%-8% Returns With New Bitcoin Yield Fund
28.4.2025
The Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund opens for business on May 1 and promises returns initially from basis trading, with lending and options strategies to be used in the future, according to launch partner Aspen Digital
Solana's Loopscale pauses lending after $5.8M hack
26.4.2025
Solana decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Loopscale has temporarily halted its lending markets after suffering an approximately $5.8 million exploit. On April 26, a hacker siphoned approximately 5.7 million USDC (USDC) and 1200 Solana (SOL) from the lending protocol after taking out...
Solana's Loopscale pauses lending after $5.8M hack
26.4.2025
Update (April 26 at 8:57 PM UTC): This article has been updated to include updates from Loopscale. Solana decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Loopscale temporarily halted its lending markets after suffering an approximately $5.8 million exploit. On April 26, a hacker siphoned approximately...
Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin Goes Live on Aave V3 Ethereum Market
22.4.2025
Aave users can supply and borrow the stablecoin on the lending platform's V3 Ethereum Core market
Tether, Galaxy, Ledn Dominate CeFi Crypto Lending as DeFi Borrowing Soars, Research Shows
15.4.2025
Total crypto lending is still down 43% from its 2021 peak, but decentralized platforms have seen a significant growth, Galaxy reported