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

Binance Withdraws 1,350 BTC to Private Wallet, Elevating Lender Custody Risk

XRPL Lending Protocol Re-Audit Cleared; Five Fixes Tighten Vault Safety

SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI reportedly plan US IPOs; tokenisation could reshape collateral markets amid uncertainty

Revolut pays £1,000 to staff to lure new business as 2027 SME lending push looms

Bitcoin collateral fuels $500M facility as Q1 losses mount

Hut 8 swaps Coinbase credit for $200M FalconX facility, frees 3,300 BTC and cuts rate to 7%

New dual-loan crypto home product ties collateral to Coinbase Prime — and exposes added counterparty risk for mortgages

Better and Coinbase will accept Bitcoin or USDC as mortgage down payments — but won’t liquidate until sustained delinquency

Coinbase custody routes crypto down payments into Fannie Mae conforming mortgages

BMO rolls out CME tokenized cash on Google Cloud, enabling 24/7 margin and settlement

BMO becomes first bank on CME's Google Cloud tokenized-cash ledger — and it exposes 24/7 counterparty exposure

UK pilot shows tokenized deposits can settle remortgages on-chain

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