Alameda Leads $40M Round in ‘DeFi Prime Brokerage,’ Plans Maps.me Integration
The firm’s earlier investment in a travel app starts making sense.
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Feb 24, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
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Traditional Lenders Extended Millions in Loans to the Crypto Space Through Genesis in Q4
The average loan size for a first-time lender on the platform is $3.2 million, Genesis said.
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Jan 26, 2021 at 2:01 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin Gets Ready for a New Type of Hedge
Traditional 60/40 portfolio allocations to equities and bonds is doing a disservice to savers. It’s time for a new type of hedge.
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Nov 8, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. UTC
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Genesis' Crypto Lending Rebounds in 2Q; Firm Acknowledges Unsecured Loans
Genesis’ crypto lending arm came back strong in 2Q after a rocky 1Q. Separately, executives acknowledged the firm makes some uncollateralized loans.
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Aug 4, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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Genesis CEO Details 'Black Thursday' Chaos in Q1 Lending Report
Crypto lender Genesis Capital increased its loan book to $649 million during a tumultuous Q1 marked by wild fluctuations in the price of bitcoin.
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Apr 30, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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$100M+ in Margin Calls: Crypto Lenders Demand Collateral as Market Buckles
“As of five minutes ago, everyone who needed to post collateral has,” Genesis CEO Michael Moro said Friday afternoon.
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Mar 13, 2020 at 11:15 p.m. UTC
Mar 13, 2020
Compared to Traditional Banks, Crypto Lenders See Booming Growth
A lukewarm U.S. economy is making big banks like JPMorgan Chase struggle to produce fast loan growth - even with interest rates close to historic lows. Yet, in the white-hot c...
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Jan 30, 2020 at 2:52 p.m. UTC
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Genesis Clocks Quarterly Surge in Cash and Stablecoin Lending
For the first time this year, BTC-denominated loans now represent less than 60 percent of Genesis' portfolio.
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Oct 30, 2019 at 9:25 p.m. UTC
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Genesis' Lending Surges Again in Q2 – and Not Just in Crypto
Genesis Global Trading's lending business remains on a growth tear, especially its loans of dollars and stablecoins.
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Jul 23, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 23, 2019
Genesis Lends $425 Million of Crypto in Q1 – and Not Just to Short Sellers
Genesis Global Trading's cryptocurrency lending arm continues to grow, even as the number of short sellers dwindles.
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Apr 25, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 25, 2019