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Parrot Integrates Chainlink Price Feeds for Liquidation and Collateral
22.11.2021
According to the latest development, the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Parrot has announced that it is going to use the Chainlink Price Feeds for liquidating loans and estimating the collateral requirements for lending the money. This particular announcement has caught the attention...
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...
NFT-Backed Lending Market Rises, USD 1.4M Borrowed With an NFT as Collateral
4.11.2021
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are increasingly being used as collateral against loans. Recently, the possibly largest ever such loan was issued for USD 1.4m using the crypto lending platform NFTfi, with the Autoglyph 488 NFT as collateral.
Autoglyphs are an “on-chain” generative art collection made...
Coinbase Lets Customers Borrow up to $1 Million Using Bitcoin as Collateral
3.11.2021
The Nasdaq-listed crypto exchange Coinbase is now letting customers borrow up to $1 million using bitcoin as collateral. The company charges 8% APR but there is no credit check. The exchange said that the bitcoin used as collateral “remains safely held by Coinbase,” emphasizing...
Defi Losing Track of Its Core Vision as It Gradually Resembles the Very Idea It Aspired to Change
1.11.2021
As defi continues to expand, it risks embracing the very ideology it initially sought to reject as the primary beneficiaries of this new financing paradigm are those who already own digital assets. Replacing Intermediaries Doesn’t Directly Improve Finance When it comes to financial products...
Edward Snowden Calls CBDCs ‘Cryptofascist Currency’ — ‘Closer to Being a Perversion of Cryptocurrency’
9.10.2021
On October 9, whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden published an opinion editorial concerning central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and claimed CBDCs are “the newest danger cresting the public horizon.” Snowden stressed that rather than being an innovation, CBDC’s...
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
Here's why Bitcoin might be safe from a global stock market crisis
20.9.2021
BTC’s lack of integration with traditional finance and its inability to be forcefully sold to cover financial losses mean the price might not ‘collapse’ if there is a global stock market meltdown
Homeowners Offered Crypto-Backed Loans to Finance Home Improvement Projects
15.8.2021
As buying a home is by itself a serious investment, homeowners often lack the cash to fund further improvements to their property. While traditional bank loans are not as easily available, a new partnership now offers crypto holders to use their digital assets as collateral and instantly borrow...
Bidao Implements Tomochain as Collateral Asset
27.7.2021
Bidao is working on developing a novel Blockchain-based system to create an innovative DeFi space. It is the primary objective of Bidao to build a Blockchain-agnostic space for the launch of DeFi applications. The environment of Bidao is powered by two cryptocurrency tokens, and these include...
Crypto derivatives exchange Bitget to list USDC as collateral for margin trading
27.7.2021
The Singapore-based crypto trading platform has inked a partnership with stablecoin issuer Circle
Reef Finance & Opendao Declared REEF to Be a USDO Collateral
7.7.2021
Reef Finance and OpenDAO are ecstatic to announce that the REEF has been approved as the collateral that could be used for USDO minting on the BSC (Binance Smart Chain)! Reef Chain, a scalable, quick, and EVM-supported chain for DeFi applications, was developed by Reef Finance. Reef Chain...
Members of East Africa Community Explore Potential Use of CBDC for Alternative Regional Payment System
9.6.2021
Six East African states are reportedly set to explore the possibility of using central bank digital currencies (CBDC) as an alternative to their shared payment system. The six countries, which are all members of the East Africa Community (EAC) trading bloc, are hoping this alternative will create...
NFT as Collateral Coming to Aave - CEO
4.6.2021
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/aave.aave
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are spreading through the decentralized finance (DeFi) world and all its nooks and crannies - and they might be soon used as collateral on the major decentralized liquidity protocol Aave (AAVE).
Stani Kulechov, CEO of this money...
Coinbase Mulls Ethereum Collateral Amid Lending Program Expansion
14.5.2021
Alesia Haas. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/Coinbase
US-based crypto exchange giant Coinbase might add ethereum (ETH) as collateral in the near future as part of the company’s strategy to expand their lending business, according to Alesia Haas, Chief Financial Officer at Coinbase.
Haas...
MakerDAO moves to expand collateral assets and upgrade liquidation engine
21.4.2021
The new liquidation engine has been designed to offer Maker’s users greater predictability and security
Nexo Sued for ‘Unlawful’ Liquidation of Clients’ Collateral XRP Amid SEC’s Ripple Lawsuit
6.4.2021
Crypto lending firm Nexo is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by an XRP investor for “unlawfully” suspending the use of the cryptocurrency as collateral without giving notice to clients and subsequently liquidating the tokens. This happened following the lawsuit filed by the U.S....
Nexo faces lawsuit for liquidating $5m in client collateral amid XRP delisting
6.4.2021
Crypto lending platform Nexo has been accused causing $5 million worth of client liquidations after suspending the use of XRP as collateral without warning in December
PARSIQ’s IQ Protocol Launches, Powering the Tokenized-SaaS Ecosystem of the Future
31.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. PARSIQ launches its highly anticipated IQ Protocol – the first risk-free collateral-less decentralized finance protocol built specifically for the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market. 31st March 2021, Tallinn, Estonia – PARSIQ has launched their revolutionary IQ Protocol...
No-collateral lending protocol Teller opens public alpha to NFT holders
23.3.2021
Participants of an NFT token sale will be able to use the lending protocol in its early release