Notes from the team building crypto-backed lending
Product updates, market context and practical guidance for institutions launching on Assetify
GameStop pledged corporate Bitcoin to Coinbase Credit — the filing exposed lender-side rehypothecation risks
Whop routes Treasury balances into Aave — and why crypto-as-mortgage-collateral stays hypothetical
80 million unbacked USR minted — peg failure triggered $180M in Morpho liquidations
GENIUS Act passage and $3.1B in hacks reframed DeFi risk for lenders
BMO rolls out CME tokenized cash on Google Cloud, enabling 24/7 margin and settlement
Lombard and Bitwise introduce custody-preserving Bitcoin lending using PSBTs and timelocks
Wintermute's OTC WTI crude CFDs show crypto collateral moving into institutional commodity trading
Exchange disables borrowing for isolated margin pairs — a forced-liquidation deadline that matters for lenders
BMO becomes first bank on CME's Google Cloud tokenized-cash ledger — and it exposes 24/7 counterparty exposure
Talos and Nasdaq team up on tokenized collateral — lending integration still undefined
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