Lend and Borrow Cryptocurrency
As per the press release Cred, one of the crypto-backed lending firms would offer USD loans by using XRP as collateral. So all the XRP holders are served with the opportunity to save their XRP long term without the need to sell or incur tax consequences. The announcement also says that all the XRP holders of several countries could borrow as low as single-digit interest rates when they visit http://www.mycred.io and click “Get Early Access.”
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Block Commodities, an Agri-tech firm from Africa has launched a pilot project Farmer 3.0 based on crypto loans to empower farmers by providing a transparent and trustworthy ecosystem.
The project started in Uganda with around 1000 farmers, were provided with crypto loans to purchase seeds, agricultural tools, and fertilizers. Innovative technology with intelligent data is helping farmers manage resources and conditions[such as soil fertility, weather conditions] better for production.
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Bloqboard Co-founded by Alex Bazhanau and Bahachuk, allows users to share their cryptos. The firm is offering a lending platform enabling peer-to-peer cryptocurrency lending via smart contracts. The firm lets you share your ERC20 tokens with your buddies, and, in theory, they have to pay you back. The firm recently raised $1.2 million from POlychain Capital to launch a lending system powered by decentralized lending protocols.
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Ledn created by Mauricio Di Bartolomeo will offer credit to businesses and consumers in Canada where about 5% of people use Bitcoin. The platform has four easy steps to avail the loan. The customer will send the application via Ledn and BTC as collateral. On successful verification , the customer is eligible for the loan and the firm sends the to customers in fiat.
The borrower needs to make monthly payments of interest on the loan until they are through. After that, they can pay the principal and Ledn will give them back their BTC. Ledn is funding these loans based on money it got from several funding rounds. The plan is to raise $50 million according to the founder.
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Callaghan Innovation a government innovation arm in New Zealand supporting Vimba, formerly known as Mycryptosaver is focussing on crypto savings services that allow users to put their money into Bitcoin in small weekly amounts. As per the statement released by CEO Sam Blackmore, the government savings would be utilized to build crypto wallets and to expand the digital currency offering on the platform. The founder also believes that Bitcoin will ultimately be worth $600,000, however, discourages day trading and swing trading
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