Notes from the team building crypto-backed lending
Product updates, market context and practical guidance for institutions launching on Assetify
Lombard, Bitwise and Morpho unveil custody-native Bitcoin borrowing with PSBTs
Fira’s fixed‑rate launch and $450M in pre‑deposits revealed strong demand for predictable DeFi yields
Aave v4 cleared a near-unanimous DAO vote — but the vote exposed governance strain that matters for lenders
Evernorth booked a $233.7M XRP impairment and will lend tokens — a mechanics shift for collateral supply
Hashi’s devnet maps MPC + smart-contract BTC collateral, revealing an institutional-ready lending design
Forward Industries pairs $40M Galaxy-backed SOL loan with $27.4M buyback, seller unidentified
Forward Industries used staked Solana as loan collateral to fund a $27.4M buyback
Binance rolls out Fixed Rate Loan — a low-friction product that rewrites lender assumptions
Morgan Stanley’s 2026 OCC trust-bank filing spotlights staking custody — but how should lenders value crypto collateral?
Ripple launches full financial stack in Brazil, bringing 24/7 repo liquidity to crypto markets
Moody’s puts credit ratings onchain with Token Integration Engine
Mezzamine’s BTC‑denominated credit pilot with Sazmining links miners and institutional holders — and reshapes where lending risk sits