Silvergate Capital May Expand Its Bitcoin Lending Program, CEO Says
Silvergate Capital on Tuesday reported better-than-expected Q1 earnings this morning and shares are up nearly 12%. Original Source
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Pantera Joins $3.7M Round for Solana Lending Protocol Hedge
“Currently, there is a huge opportunity in the Solana ecosystem because 80% of Solana is not locked in DeFi,” Hedge co-founder and CEO Sebastian Grubb said in a statement. “With Hedge we’re really trying to upgrade the whole Solana DeFi ecosystem. We want to help users unlock more liquidity and
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What is crypto lending and how does it work?
The COVID-19 pandemic had a deleterious effect on the returns from the conventional instruments of investments such as stocks, gold and real estate, driving investors in hordes toward crypto. Individuals and institutionalized investors alike have tried their luck in the industry that has rolled out decent returns even during the
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Katie Haun’s New Fund Joins $10M Round for Polkadot Lending Protocol Moonwell
Over time, Lunar Labs says it plans to decentralize Moonwell product development via the Moonwell DAO, whose WELL governance token will be distributed to Lunar Labs investors, Moonwell users and other Moonwell community members. WELL won’t come with voting rights when Artemis launches, but holders will be able to stake
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DeFi Lending Protocol Agave’s AGVE Plunges Over 20% Amid Exploit Investigation
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The World’s Leading Cardano-Based Lending Protocol – Sponsored Bitcoin News
sponsored BSCPad and ADAPad Public Sale On March 14th. Cryptocurrencies and DeFi are experiencing a period of blistering growth: The total value locked (TVL) of tokens in DeFi protocols rose 357% to $255.39 billion among all blockchains. Over $2.5 trillion in cryptocurrencies was traded in January 2022 alone. Global crypto market cap is now
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Maple Finance partners with Celsius to launch wETH lending pool
Digital asset lending platform Celsius has become the first pool delegate from the centralized finance market to deploy a crypto-centric lending service on Maple Finance, utilizing the latter’s smart contract and blockchain infrastructure to facilitate a $30 million pool to institutional investors.Celsius succeeds existing pool delegates BlockTower, Orthogonal Trading, Maven
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Crypto Lending Platform Charged — Blockfi Agrees to Pay $100 Million in Penalties – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged cryptocurrency lending platform Blockfi in a first-of-its-kind action. The crypto lender has agreed to pay $100 million to settle the charges and pursue necessary registrations. SEC Charges Crypto Lending Platform Blockfi The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Monday that crypto lending
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a16z-backed TrueFi launches DeFi lending market for asset managers
Stablecoin operator TrustToken has launched a new lending marketplace that allows asset managers to create their own decentralized finance products, potentially opening the door to wider mainstream adoption of DeFi solutions. The new lending marketplace, which is offered on unsecured lending protocol TrueFi, gives independent financial institutions the ability to design,
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UK tax agency cracks down on rules around DeFi lending and staking
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the U.K.’s tax agency, on Wednesday, has released a controversial set of guidance that could affect innovation in Decentralized Finance (DeFi).The updated regulation focuses on the treatment of digital assets specifically for DeFi lending and staking in the UK, and whether returns or rewards
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