Lending
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Tradestation will pay $1.5 million in a multi-state settlement, and it will also pay the SEC the same sum
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Heron Finance caters to US accredited investors and uses Goldfinch credit markets on the backend
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Blockworks exclusive: Credora teams up with Polkadot staking provider Acala to launch a BTC yield product with a focus on transparency and compliance
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While the revelation is “a little disappointing,” CoinShares head of research says the impact on the stablecoin’s “robustness” is likely limited
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Barraford says the protocol isn’t aimed at “degens,” but for those who want to improve their quality of life using crypto assets as collateral
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Loan holders with outstanding balances must repay by Nov. 20 or risk default and have their bitcoin collateral sold by Coinbase
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Coinbase end its borrow program amidst SEC concerns, but outstanding loans remain unaffected for customers
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The fundraise was driven by decentralized backers, the Granary Finance team told Blockworks on Friday
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Latest features include a new lending pool and the introduction of immutable smart contracts
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Organizations such as Credix are working to bring real-world asset lending on-chain
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The protocol aims to bring its services to a wider network through lower transaction costs
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With the recent bankruptcy filings of well-known cryptocurrency lenders, customers have funds locked in platforms they had once trusted
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Crypto lenders have recently taken on significant counterparty risk though some, such as Anchorage, say they are weathering the storm
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Euler said it has raised millions of dollars via a “DAO treasury diversification round,” valuing the budding DeFi protocol at $375 million
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Crypto capital marketplace Maple Finance has expanded to Solana in a bid to capture ongoing growth and utilize low transaction fees
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Trading volumes are way up, but experts say new financial primitives are needed to take NFTs to the next level
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Clearpool, which had been in development since June of last year, aims to to provide a marketplace for institutional unsecured liquidity
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Celsius is getting its feet wet in decentralized finance lending and will leverage Maple Finance’s infrastructure rails to do it
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