Tether Invests $20 Million in Mercado Bitcoin to Accelerate LATAM Tokenized Lending Expansion

Xapo Bank expands BTC-backed USD lending to $1M under 1:1 custody

Ledn to offer gold-backed loans using tokenized XAUT backed by a $23B bullion stockpile

Morgan Stanley-Galaxy lending deal turns BTC/ETH/SOL into ETP collateral, signaling a new institutional test

Ledn Sees Bitcoin-Backed Lending Growing to $1T, But Risk and Regulation Cast Shadow

Uphold settles CredEarn claims — what lenders should watch

Large WLFI deposit and $75M Doromite loan exposed lenders to concentrated liquidation risk

WLFI borrow spike pushed pool utilization above 100%, exposing vaporization risk

Hyperliquid’s ADL fired after 145 million Fartcoin unwind — a test of concentrated collateral risk

CoreWeave’s $8.5B AI financing shows lenders favor contractual compute revenue over hardware collateral

World Liberty Financial pledged 1.99B WLFI on Dolomite — but where did the proceeds go?

Miner sells 2,000 BTC to pare loan exposure, reveals 19% drop in production costs

Tokenization push boosts Europe collateral mobility at WAIB Summit 2026

Coinbase and Cardless launch USDC-collateralized credit card

BitGo Prime’s financing rollout shows custody-first lending can live inside a single platform

Ripple’s $1.25B Hidden Road buy puts prime-brokerage plumbing center stage

Down-payment loans now accept Bitcoin and USDC as collateral — custody sits with Coinbase Prime, but broader terms are unclear

CLARITY Act would ban stablecoin yields — a direct hit to crypto lending models

Europe's Bitcoin treasuries win EUR 5B capital, EUR 100B credit; BTC AB tests demand with SEK 23.4m rights issue

Hayes warns of cascading liquidations as Bitcoin tests critical $60,000 floor

Collateral, Not Yield, Will Decide Which Stablecoins Win

WLFI’s April 10 governance plan locks 62.28B tokens and offers 10% founder burn — a $75M collateral risk for lenders

Paxos Labs raises $12M to launch Amplify and signal a managed entry into crypto-backed lending

WLFI drew a $160M USDC loan on Dolomite — but reporting disagrees on the exact size

WLFI’s self-collateral borrowing and 3B token transfers exposed a circular collateral risk after a 12% price drop

S&P gives Sky a B- — and highlights overcollateralized minting as a lender-friendly design