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Position Exchange: Crypto Bonds Powered by Smart Contracts
30.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Position Exchange is pleased to announce the release of its Bonds feature. Dive deeper into this game changing DeFi product. What is a Bond? A bond is a fixed-income instrument that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower (typically corporate or governmental). A bond...
Genesis issues $6M NFT-backed loan to Meta4 Capital
30.12.2021
Institutional investors are increasingly entering the NFT space, particularly interested in providing original lending solutions
Defi Marketplace and NFT Platform Arcade Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding Round
23.12.2021
The decentralized finance (defi) marketplace, non-fungible token (NFT) financialization platform, and lending application Arcade has announced the company has closed a Series A investment round for $15 million. Just recently, Arcade facilitated an onchain loan of $800,000 against an NFT portfolio...
NFT-collateralized loan platform Arcade raises $15M in funding round
22.12.2021
Pantera Capital's Lauren Stephanian said the platform’s collateralization of NFTs could incentivize participation from institutional investors
Crypto Lender Nexo Launches NFT Lending Desk, Loans up to 20% for Popular NFTs
17.12.2021
On December 16, the blockchain-based lending platform Nexo announced the firm has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) lending desk. While the company offered crypto-backed loans using tokens like bitcoin and ethereum for instant funds, Nexo is offering instant liquidity to NFT holders that...
Kenya Based Fintech Kwara Raises $4 Million in Seed Round
13.12.2021
A Kenya based fintech, Kwara has raised $4 million in a seed round that was led by Breega VC firm. The funds will be used to create an app that allows members of credit unions to access financial services. The Rising Demand for Financial Services by Credit Union Members Kwara, a Kenyan fintech that...
NFT-Collateralizing South African Startup Raises $5 Million in Latest Seed Round
19.11.2021
A South African startup, NFTfi, is reported to have recently raised $5 million which the company intends to use for boosting its business of collateralizing non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Cryptocurrency Loan Marketplace According to a Techcrunch report, NFTfi’s $5 million capital raise was...
Dash Coin Continues To Expand Its Adoption Range, Gets Listed On Crypto Based Loan Platform YouHodler
15.11.2021
Cryptocurrency markets at large have been growing, despite the nightmarish 2018, when bears ate as much as 90% of price values of many digital currencies. Crypto space, in general, has been expanding its reach across various industries, and the adoption spree has shown signs of continuous growth...
Cream Finance Suffers $130 Million Hack
29.10.2021
Ethereum defi protocol Cream Finance suffered an exploit yesterday that allowed attackers to steal $130 million from its holdings. The news was first revealed by Peckshield, a blockchain analytics company that discovered a flash loan had exploited the platform. This is the third hack the protocol...
BREAKING: Cream Finance appears to have suffered major loss in flash loan hack
27.10.2021
Malicious actors continue to target decentralized finance projects for their exploits. On Wednesday, a major DeFi lending platform suffered a flash loan attack
Feds Say Man Spent Covid Loan On $57,000 Pokémon Card
25.10.2021
Vinath Oudomsine, from Dublin, Georgia, has been accused by federal prosecutors of fraudulently applying for a an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). The man claimed to be running a business, but reportedly spent most of the money on a rare Pokémon card instead.Read more
Bitcoin adoption won’t affect IMF talks, says El Salvador’s top central banker
19.10.2021
The country’s central bank chief does not see the recent Bitcoin adoption move hampering plans to secure an IMF loan
Lanka Asks for $500M Loan From India for Fuel Purchases
18.10.2021
This occurred days after Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila warned that the country’s existing supply of fuel could last only till Jan 2022. The state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) owing the 2 major government banks, the Bank of Ceylon and the People’s Bank, almost USD...
Maker Rises as Societe Generale Asks for Loan Backed by Bond Tokens
1.10.2021
stablecoins using a tokenized bond as collateral.As of 13:40 UTC, MKR was up by 7.5% over the past 24 hours to trade at USD 2,443. The price was rallying even before almost the whole market moved higher sharply, with
Societe Generale proposes historic $20M DAI loan in exchange for bond tokens
1.10.2021
The digital assets division of the international bank wants to provide home loan-backed security tokens as collateral for the loan
Argo Blockchain secures $25M Bitcoin-backed loan from Galaxy Digital
10.9.2021
The Bitcoin mining giant has entered into another BTC-backed loan agreement with Galaxy Digital as it pursues further operational expansions
Cream Finance DeFi platform loses $19M in a flash loan hack
30.8.2021
The Cream Finance hacker gained $18.8 million by exploiting a reentrancy bug in the AMP token in a set of 17 transactions
Cream Finance Suffers USD 25M Flash Loan Attack
30.8.2021
Decentralized finance (DeFi) project Cream Finance (CREAM) confirmed that they've suffered an exploit today.
"C.R.E.A.M. v1 market on Ethereum has suffered an exploit, resulting in a loss of 418,311,571 in AMP and 1,308.09 in ETH, by way of reentrancy on the AMP token contract," the team...
Using a Crypto Loan App to Bring Financial Services to Excluded Groups in Africa
9.8.2021
In much of Africa, many people still lack access to basic financial services for many reasons. One of the reasons is that financial institutions have set standards or thresholds that make it impossible for low-income earners to even open a bank account. Access to soft loans or other forms...
Uncollateralized Lending Platform Truefi Raises $12.5 Million From A16z, Alameda and Blocktower
7.8.2021
Truefi, an uncollateralized loan platform, has raised $12.5 million from three important investors. The token sale was led by Blocktower, a New York-based cryptocurrency investment firm. Other important investors were Alameda Research — owned by Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX —...