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"The main problem was our lack of organizational execution," MarginFi's longtime leader Edgar Pavlovsky told CoinDesk. origin »
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Decentralized credit protocol Maple reported that none of the platform users’ positions were liquidated during the Feb. 2 price crashes, resulting in no bad debt. It also reported that users deposited $10 million to reinforce their margins over the period to avoid liquidation events.
NYDIG, Stone Ridge’s subsidiary that offers Bitcoin-backed loans, is preparing to expand its offering through float financing, according to the firm’s 2024 investor letter. The letter rebuts common objections to Bitcoin’s (BTC) utility, suggesting that it can generate cash flow through sales and serve as collateral for fiat loans.
The potential deployment on a Bitcoin layer-2 by the largest DeFi lending protocol highlights the appetite for harnessing the original blockchain for purposes that are commonplace elsewhere in the crypto ecosystem.
DeFi is poised to create a future where financial services are digital, open, always-on, and borderless, says Bill Barhydt, ceo, Abra.
Celsius' bankruptcy administrator has distributed more than $2.53 billion to some 251,000 creditors, it said in its first status report.
The New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) office announced the completion of its settlement with Gemini and the recovery of $50 million for users of the defunct Gemini Earn program on June 14. Users will receive the crypto in their accounts without having to take any further action.
Blockchain security firm Cyvers Alert reported a significant exploit on the DeFi lending protocol UwU Lend, which resulted in an approximately $19. 5 million loss. The attacker funded their wallet via the sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash.