Crypto card startups are racking up losses just to buy your loyalty with big rewards
Providers are betting trading, lending and staking revenue can cover rewards and turn card users into profitable customers. Source：CoinDesk
Bitcoin lending and yield could drive next wave of institutional demand, Rootstock says
A new report argues that putting institutional Bitcoin holdings to work through lending, collateral and financing could create demand beyond its storeofvalue…
SoFi’s stock climbs as lending surge drives an earnings beat and rosy outlook
SoFi’s early 2027 forecast is impressing Wall Street. Source：MarketWatch
Crypto Long & Short: Why real-world assets need fixed-rate loans onchain
Realworld assets already back the largest stablecoins, yet borrowing against them onchain still runs through variablerate pools. Peter Gaffney of O2O Capital…
Crypto vault deposits top $10 billion as lending risks draw regulatory scrutiny
Curatormanaged lending strategies are attracting institutional capital, while exposing depositors to collateral, liquidity and smartcontract risks.…
XRP Ledger is set to fix its lending code before anyone can use it
Validators have a bugfix patch on course to go live Friday. The lending system it partly repairs is still 10 votes short of approval. Source：CoinDesk
Babylon advances native Bitcoin lending proposal on Aave V4
Babylon’s proposal to bring native Bitcoin collateral to Aave V4 has entered a new governance stage, but further votes and security reviews remain before…
Kraken parent Payward to become first crypto firm to buy a EU bank as it expands into deposits, lending
Payward agreed to buy Lithuania’s Saldo Bank, which holds $190 million in total assets, securing an EU license for deposits and lending. Source：CoinDesk
Tokenized commodities look beyond gold as lending and oil open new markets
Paxos Labs, Theo and Energy Substantiation execs see growth coming from putting physical assets to work, with precious metals leading and energy presenting a…
New tech to power bitcoin lending is set to debut with $500 million in commitments
Layer1 blockchain Sui is launching Hashi, an institutional protocol allowing holders to use bitcoin as collateral without moving it off the Bitcoin network.…
Wall Street's tokenization boom could have bigger winners than bitcoin and ether, Citrini says
The research firm sees tokenized stocks, bonds and loans creating new markets for trading and lending, with feegenerating platforms and companies poised to…
Crypto lending rises again… but have they solved the risks?
Crypto lending has risen by 55% since July, but now has to deal with the dangers of AI assisted hacks, and risks cascading through interlinked protocols.…