Lending

Screenshot of Dakota's bank account dashboard
Dakota Emerges From Stealth to Provide Bank-Like Services to Crypto Depositors
The crypto-native company, which says it is attempting to right the wrongs of centralized lenders like Celsius, emerged from stealth on Wednesday.
Screenshot of Dakota's bank account dashboard

$19.3M stolen out of Uwu Lend  (Kris/Pixabay)
Defi Protocol UwU Lend Suffers $19.3M Exploit: Arkham
The protocol was set up by Quadriga CX co-founder "Sifu."
$19.3M stolen out of Uwu Lend  (Kris/Pixabay)

Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)
Bitcoin ETFs, Bankruptcy Paybacks Have Given Crypto Lending a Second Wind
Crypto lending firm Ledn survived the crypto winter by being "boring, slow and safe," according to a co-founder.
Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)

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Crypto Lending Firm Maple Finance Unveils Syrup Yield Platform and Rewards Token
Maple’s Syrup promises users yields of 15% by depositing Circle’s USDC stablecoin into the platform.
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Sonne Finance Token Drops 60% After $20M Exploit on Optimism
Attackers stole ether, velo and stablecoins before developers mitigated the hack and paused operations. Sonne’s markets on the Base blockchain were not affected.
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DeFi Lender Liquity Unveils New Stablecoin With User-Set Borrowing Rates in White Paper
Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and plans to pay the lion's share of protocol revenues back to liquidity providers.
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Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)
Ledn First-Quarter Loans Top Record $690M as Lending Market Snaps Back
The majority of loans were issued to institutional market makers following U.S. approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds.
Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)

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Chaos at MarginFi Shakes up Solana DeFi's Borrow-and-Lend Landscape
Solend and Kamino were the biggest winners in the Solana DeFi landscape.
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MarginFi Leader Resigns on Fiery Day for Major Solana Lender
"The main problem was our lack of organizational execution," MarginFi's longtime leader Edgar Pavlovsky told CoinDesk.
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Credbull CEO Jason Dehni (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Credbull's First Crypto Fund Chases High Fixed Yields
Crypto's high yield structured product sector is getting a bit more mature.
Credbull CEO Jason Dehni (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)