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Aave price hits two-month high on Wall Street’s DeFi adoption hopes
5.8.2021
Bids for the lending platform token surged dramatically after Bitwise Investments announced an Aave-focused fund for institutional investors
SEC Chair Gensler Outlines Plans for Crypto Trading, Exchanges, Investor Protection, Bitcoin ETFs
5.8.2021
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has outlined how the SEC plans to regulate the crypto industry. Focusing on investor protection, Gensler discussed concerns the SEC has about crypto trading, exchanges, lending, defi platforms, and exchange-traded...
Square to acquire Australian fintech Afterpay in $29B deal
2.8.2021
Square will acquire Australian fintech firm Afterpay in a $29 billion stock deal, expecting to close the transaction in Q1 2022
BlockFi faces regulatory heat, a sign of possible crypto lending regulations?
1.8.2021
The crypto lending giant BlockFi is facing regulatory scrutiny from a handful of states in America ahead of a proposed public listing
How crypto can modernize the world of lending
26.7.2021
Crypto lending offers powerful advantages when compared with the status quo, including more competitive interest rates and flexible terms
Alabama regulators accuse BlockFi of offering unregistered securities
22.7.2021
BlockFi continues rejecting securities regulators’ allegations that its Interest Accounts are unregistered securities
Here's how altcoin futures volumes and the USD lending rate signal market crashes
20.7.2021
Data shows that the dollar lending rate and futures volumes of select altcoins can be tracked to pinpoint overheated markets before a crash
AAVE price hits 3-week high as ‘Aave Pro’ debuts for institutional lending
6.7.2021
Aave's gains also coincide with a sharp upside momentum across the cryptocurrency market
Celsius users to receive yield from its $200M Bitcoin mining investment
1.7.2021
“There’s nothing better than building a factory that makes Bitcoin,” said Celsius CEO, Alex Mashinsky
Altcoin Roundup: Stablecoin pools could be the next frontier for DeFi
26.6.2021
The days of 4,000% APY on DeFi liquidity pools could soon be replaced by safer, lower-yielding stablecoin-denominated pools
Q2’s Banking Platform to Enable Over 18 Million Users to Buy, Sell, Hold Bitcoin
24.6.2021
Q2’s digital banking platform, which currently powers nearly 30% of the top 100 banks in the U.S., will allow more than 18.3 million registered users to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin. Q2 Holdings Inc. (NYSE:QTWO) provides digital banking and lending solutions to banks, credit unions...
B.Protocol announces v2 platform for DeFi liquidations
15.6.2021
B.Protocol says v2 will optimize liquidations of “big debt” with significantly smaller capital requirements on decentralized finance lending platforms
Nexo in Miami: Crypto interest account giant talks DeFi, institutional adoption
12.6.2021
Nexo believes that in the long run, regulation will help crypto more than hurt
1inch releases composable Limit Order Protocol
10.6.2021
The liquidity aggregator just beefed up its functionality with the Limit Order Protocol, a new tool that may have use cases beyond DEXes
Reports suggest BlockFi seeks to raise millions at a valuation of $5B
8.6.2021
Financiers from New York and London are said to be leading the private investment round, according to reports
Binance Smart Chain Faces yet Another Flash Loan Attack: Belt Finance Loses $6.3 Million
31.5.2021
Belt Finance, a Binance Smart Chain-based decentralized lending protocol, lost $6.3 million in a flash loan attack last week. The attackers took advantage of a series of inefficiencies in the smart contract to manipulate the price of the set and obtain profit from a series of transactions. This...
Crypto Savings Platform Ledn Raises $30 Million in Latest Funding Round
28.5.2021
Ledn, a cryptocurrency lending and savings platform based in Canada, has managed to raise $30 million in its latest funding round. The money raised will be used to expand its offer of lending products, and to expand its reach in more countries. Ledn could take advantage of the recent problems that...
Blockfi Messes up Promo Payments: Transfers up to 700 Bitcoin Mistakenly
20.5.2021
Blockfi, a cryptocurrency lending platform, wrongly distributed a set of payments to a group of customers, who found deposits of up to 700 BTC in their accounts. While most weren’t able to withdraw these funds, in the confusion, other customers that applied for withdrawals are now being...
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...
Crypto Pawn Brokerage DeFi For You Launches P2P Lending
13.5.2021
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
Hanoi, Vietnam - The world's first crypto-pawn platform DeFi For You is launching a peer-to-peer lending platform that allows users to stake crypto-assets and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) as collateral...