Bitcoin’s wealthy holders turning to loans and yield as investment habits mature: Xapo CEO
Borrowing against bitcoin and earning income to build their BTC holdings are becoming priorities for longterm investors, Xapo Bank CEO Seamus Rocca told…
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…
‘I’m naturally skeptical’: I receive 10 calls a day offering me $15,000 loans at 8% interest. Is this a scam?
“They insist that the details will be provided after they have carried out a soft credit check.” Source：MarketWatch
Metaplanet to issue $329M convertible bonds to pay debt, fund share buybacks
Metaplanet plans to issue zerointerest bonds with a fiveyear maturity to improve its debt structure and cut its reliance on Bitcoincollateralized loans without…
South Korea just got its first traditional bank loans backed by bitcoin
Loans use thirdparty custodians for bitcoin holdings and rely on courtordered sales if borrowers default. Source：CoinDesk
South Korean bank launches Bitcoin-backed business loans: Report
Jeonbuk Bank reportedly began offering Bitcoinbacked loans to corporate customers, with a thirdparty custodian holding the cryptocurrency used as collateral.…
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…
Bitcoin loans are paying for tuition and working capital, not just trades, lenders say
Bitcoinbacked lending is evolving into a mainstream source of credit, with borrowers using BTC to access liquidity without selling. Source：CoinDesk
Go ahead and get that poetry degree. Republican law won’t prevent people with humanities majors from getting student loans.
The vast majority of bachelor’s and graduate degree programs pass new rules meant to hold colleges accountable Source：MarketWatch
The government can take 15% of Social Security benefits to repay student loans. These proposals seek to stop it.
Debt among older Americans is rising, both in terms of the number of older households carrying debt and the amount borrowed. Source：MarketWatch
How much higher can bond yields rise — and what does it mean for stocks?
Also in Weekend Reads: Adjustablerate mortgage loans, Gen Z entrepreneurs and advice from the Moneyist. Source：MarketWatch
Tether's USDT is 'coming home' to Bitcoin this month over a decade after debut there
A Tetherbacked project, Utexo, plans to support private USDT transfers, direct swaps between BTC and USDT and loans backed by BTC, while keeping most…