Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin has gained momentum in decentralized finance (DeFi), attracting significant supply to Aave’s V3 Ethereum Core market, with a notable amount in loans taken. 

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 has gained momentum in decentralized finance (DeFi), attracting significant supply to Aave’s V3 Ethereum Core market, with a notable amount in loans taken. Initially slow, the stablecoin's growth has accelerated after its debut on Aave. RLUSD has a market cap close to $300 million and a supply cap, with borrowing limited to a specific amount. Ripple aims for RLUSD to become a top-five stablecoin by year-end. Ripple's collaboration with Chainlink enhances RLUSD’s utility across both institutional and DeFi applications.

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VanEck’s BNB Spot ETF proposal could bring BNB to U.S. markets, expanding access and marking a key milestone for BNB Chain's growth in regulated finance.

After the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) products based on 

 (ETH) in 2024, a flurry of new altcoin ETF applications emerged in early 2025. Many prominent asset management firms are vying for the approval of their ETF products, based on coins like 

 (AVAX) and others. Even some smaller-cap meme coins, specifically Pudgy Penguins' 

, have joined the SEC's ETF waiting list.

Given that most top cryptos already have their ETF applications filed with the country's financial regulator, it's little surprise that BNB Chain's 

, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has joined the bandwagon. In late March 2025, the New York–based global investment management giant VanEck registered a trust entity named VanEck BNB ETF in the US state of Delaware. The registration is an early sign that the acclaimed investment manager is planning to lodge a BNB ETF application with the SEC.

If approved, it will be the first US-based BNB ETF product on the market, likely leading to significant growth within BNB Chain's already well-established ecosystem.

On Mar 31, 2025, one of the leading asset managers in the world, VanEck, registered a trust named VanEck BNB ETF in the US state of Delaware. This is the strongest imaginable indicator that the company plans to subsequently launch an application with the SEC for the ETF’s approval. If approved by the regulator, the product will be the first spot ETF in the US to track BNB coin. As of the time of this writing (Apr 23, 2025), VanEck hasn't formally applied with the SEC, but this step is likely imminent.

Following the SEC filing, BNB coin will join a long list of other leading cryptocurrencies whose spot ETF applications have been lodged with the US regulator. Over the past few months, the SEC has received spot ETF applications for Solana, 

The VanEck BNB Spot ETF will track BNB coin, allowing holders to invest in the asset without directly holding it. While BNB is among the most popular assets in the crypto market, many investors are eschewing it and other cryptocurrencies due to their unregulated nature. Upon approval, the ETF product would be available for trading on regulated stock exchanges.

The exact composition of a crypto ETF product is usually unknown before its application is filed with the SEC. Therefore, we can assume that at this stage the ETF will be based entirely upon tracking BNB coin. Any additional components, such as minor holdings of other assets such as cash equivalents, could theoretically be included, but this will only be known upon VanEck’s formal application to the SEC.

VanEck itself is among the leading ETF issuers in the finance industry and is a pioneer of crypto ETFs. The firm already offers approved 

, and has filed applications with the SEC for spot ETFs based on several other cryptocurrencies, including a 

Currently, there’s no ETF in the US based on the BNB coin. In that respect, VanEck’s registration is the first serious effort to introduce such a product. Internationally, there is one exchange-traded product (ETP) that tracks BNB — the 21Shares Binance BNB ETP (ABNB), listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange. This ETP is offered by 21Shares, a leading digital asset management firm based in Zurich, Switzerland.

. ETPs may be based on various assets, such as stocks, bonds, commodities or cryptocurrencies. However, ETFs often offer better liquidity, lower fees and greater tax efficiency than other types of ETPs.

In short, despite the presence of the ABNB ETP on the market, the BNB ETF landscape remains an empty niche, as the 21Shares product isn’t a full-fledged ETF and has no regulatory approval in the US.

Current impact of BNB ETF applications on the crypto market

VanEck’s BNB ETF application — or, to be precise, its registration in Delaware — has so far had no immediate impact on the coin’s market price. In fact, BNB coin is currently trading at $615.68, barely different from its price of $600 in the early days of April when news of the ETF’s registration first surfaced.

BNB is a major cryptocurrency featuring at least one billion dollars in daily trading volumes. The news of VanEck's initiative is unlikely to seriously affect BNB’s price. However, if the ETF ultimately gains approval from the SEC, such a development may have a significant positive impact on the crypto's future price.

What will it mean if a Spot BNB ETF application is approved?

If the SEC approves the Spot BNB ETF, it will likely lead to higher demand for BNB coin — as demand from investors for the product rises, VanEck will need to source more BNB to back its ETF shares. This increased demand would push the price of BNB higher. As noted above, BNB is one of the market's largest cryptos and features substantial trading volumes. Therefore, it's unlikely that a Spot BNB ETF would cause drastic rises in the coin’s price. However, a certain positive price effect is a safe bet, and the magnitude of the effect will be directly related to the popularity of the ETF among investors.

Additionally, the ETF will improve the visibility of the BNB ecosystem, potentially leading to more 

 (DApps) and projects launched on its blockchain.

If approved by the SEC, the Spot BNB ETF by VanEck would usher in a new era for the coin. For the first time ever, BNB as a financial asset would become available through the regulated environment of US stock exchanges. This would not only help support the coin’s price and expand the chain’s ecosystem, but would also be a major reputational gain for Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange and the corporate entity behind BNB Chain.

Over the years, Binance has had its fair share of troubles and arguments with US regulators. A fully approved spot ETF based on Binance’s own coin would, therefore, send a signal to the crypto market that the major components of the Binance ecosystem — BNB crypto, BNB Chain’s blockchain and the Binance crypto exchange — aren’t as risky to deal with as some Americans may believe.

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BNB Spot ETF: A new gateway as BNB Chain evolves

In this article, we explore liquid staking protocol StakeStone's key features, the STO token launch, tokenomics and how to trade STO on Bybit.

StakeStone (STO) is a next-gen omnichain liquidity infrastructure protocol designed to optimize yield and cross-chain liquidity. Its introduction of liquid yield-bearing versions of ETH and BTC — STONE and STONEBTC — enables users to earn sustainable yield while enhancing capital efficiency. This article explores StakeStone’s architecture, core assets, founding team, tokenomics and recent market performance.

 is a decentralized liquidity infrastructure protocol that issues liquid, 

-bearing assets like STONE (Ethereum) and STONEBTC (Bitcoin). Designed for omnichain integration, it empowers users and protocols with composable 

 solutions and efficient cross-chain liquidity.

Launched in 2024, StakeStone was built to address the fragmented and capital-inefficient nature of ETH and BTC staking by introducing secure, flexible and modular primitives. StakeStone’s mission is to maximize on-chain yield while ensuring deep liquidity across ecosystems.

StakeStone was founded in 2023 by a team of DeFi-native builders led by Charles K, a crypto veteran with over 10 years of experience in centralized exchanges (CEXs), hardware wallets and DeFi infrastructure The core team includes Rose Li, Chief Strategy Officer, and Ivan K, Chief Marketing Officer.

The project has secured funding from notable crypto funds, including Polychain Capital, Binance Labs, OKX Ventures, Amber Group, HashKey Capital and Bankless Ventures. These backers not only provide capital but also strategic ecosystem access — positioning StakeStone as a serious player in omnichain liquidity and yield infrastructure.

StakeStone converts ETH and BTC into liquid, yield-bearing assets — STONE (ETH) and STONEBTC (respectively) — through a modular and omnichain framework. When ETH is staked, it flows into the StakeStone Vault and is allocated to the Strategy Pool, and STONE is minted via the Minter.

Yield is generated through strategies such as:

Users can deploy STONE across chains via the 

 (LP) rewards, with optional LP locking for enhanced returns. SBTC is the liquid BTC asset mirroring Bitcoin’s value, with STONEBTC adding a yield layer to BTC and unlocking passive income without sacrificing liquidity.

StakeStone implements key security measures, including the following:

STONE (ETH): Omnichain yield-bearing asset

 derivative. It’s minted when users stake ETH, and is backed by underlying yield from stETH, EigenLayer restaking and additional DeFi strategies.

STONE supports seamless cross-chain bridging, enabling deployment across supported networks and STONE-Fi Pools for additional rewards. Users benefit from passive yield, cross-chain utility, governance participation and on-demand liquidity.

SBTC is a liquid Bitcoin asset that mirrors BTC’s value and enables seamless use within EVM-compatible chains. STONEBTC, on the other hand, enhances SBTC by adding a yield layer, empowering users to earn yield from BTC-based strategies while preserving liquidity.

 utility by unlocking native BTC liquidity and enabling new use cases, such as cross-chain lending and borrowing, LP participation in BTC-based DeFi pools and composable integration across multichain DeFi protocols.

Together, SBTC and STONEBTC aim to position Bitcoin as an active capital layer across Ethereum and beyond.

 of StakeStone, with a total supply of 1 billion. It underpins protocol governance via OPAP proposals, voting-escrowed STO (veSTO) staking and 

Emissions are set to taper gradually until 2031, aligning incentives with long-term ecosystem growth.

According to CoinGecko, as of Apr 24, 2025, 

with a market cap of over $25 million. The token has recently shown strong momentum, rallying 85.4% over the past two weeks. Furthermore, StakeStone’s value could benefit from various catalysts, such as the rise in demand for 

 the STOUSDT Perpetual futures contract in the Innovation Zone, with up to 20x leverage.

 a Bybit account, complete identity verification and fund your 

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The MANTRA (OM) token’s wild crash on Apr 13, 2025, shocked the crypto world. Discover the causes, fallout, and what’s next in MANTRA’s road to recovery.

In the morning and daytime hours of Apr 13, 2025, the MANTRA blockchain's native token, OM, sat at a respectable market cap of $6 billion, making it the third-highest-ranked cryptocurrency in the 

 (RWA) category, the area the platform specializes in. Everything seemed like smooth sailing for the token.

Then, just after 6 PM UTC, the price of the OM token suddenly began to free-fall, declining from nearly $6 to about $0.50 in the space of just two hours.

A project that started the day as one of the top players in the RWA field was now worth 90% less as the evening approached. OM's abrupt, sharp crash immediately caught the market's attention, with speculation of a 

However, MANTRA's CEO, John Patrick Mullin, immediately sprang into action for PR damage control on social media, reassuring the public that the team members weren’t dumping OM tokens at all. Instead, MANTRA's founder and CEO alleged that deliberate actions of some 

 (CEXs) had caused the catastrophic plunge.

As of our coverage date of Apr 23, 2025, this is a developing story. In this article, we’ll establish what actually happened, who's involved and what awaits the OM token in the foreseeable future.

 decentralized network dedicated to RWA tokenization and utilization in compliance with real-world regulatory requirements.

 It features high scalability and low transaction fees. The project is one of the earliest initiatives dedicated to RWA use via blockchain technology. Originally, MANTRA debuted as a 

 (ETH) in August 2020. In October 2024, the project migrated to its own dedicated Layer 1 platform, the MANTRA Chain. The MANTRA blockchain is based on the Cosmos SDK framework, and is part of the wider 

The MANTRA ecosystem's main products include MANTRA DEX, a 

 (DEX); a digital identity (DID) management tool; a compliant token development and management solution; and a comprehensive compliance and permissioning system. MANTRA has also partnered with global powerhouses like Google Cloud, and with DAMAC Properties, one of Dubai's most prominent developers, to propel innovative solutions for 

Starting in late 2024, right after its own dedicated mainnet launch, MANTRA had become a significant player in the RWA corner of 

 (DeFi). By late February 2025, the platform’s native OM token had climbed to a value of nearly $9, with its market cap peaking at around $8.2 billion. Before the fateful events of Apr 13, 2025, OM was the third-highest-capped crypto in the RWA category, trading at $6.27, with a market cap of slightly over $6 billion, according to the CoinGecko portal.

In the evening hours (UTC time) of Apr 13, 2025, OM began to lose its value precipitously, dive-bombing from over $6 to about $0.52 in the space of two hours. The token’s market cap fell to slightly under half a billion dollars — a loss of more than 90%.

CEO John Mullin was quickly online, reassuring the crypto community that no team member had sold their OM holdings, and that this wasn’t a case of the bad ol’ rug pull. Instead, Mullin alluded that after OM tokens were moved to two leading CEXs (Binance and OKX) to use as collateral, the exchanges initiated a cascade of 

 of positions backed by the token. Both exchanges refuted the allegations, and connected OM’s price collapse to its recent unusually high price 

, and significant tokenomics changes made to OM in October 2024 that greatly undermined its value.

As a chain of liquidations took place, the token’s price started to plummet, causing significant panic that quickly led to further price drops. The situation only stabilized closer to the end of the day, with OM’s price remaining under $1. As of Apr 23, it’s trading at $0.5543 — a far cry from its rate of over $6 just two weeks ago.

After investigating, crypto analytics firm Lookonchain concluded that 17 wallets had deposited 43.6 million OM tokens (4.5% of the token's circulating supply) into the implicated exchanges. Two of these wallets are believed to belong to Laser Digital, one of MANTRA's investors. Another investor in the project, Shorooq Partners, is also suspected to be among the 17 wallets. Both Shorooq and Laser Digital have denied the allegations.

Although the price plunge was immediately compared to the 2022 collapse of the 

 (LUNA) blockchain, many analysts point out that the two crashes are fundamentally different. Terra's crash resulted from structural abnormalities in the 

 regulating UST, the project's stablecoin. In contrast, OM's fiasco is suspected to be the direct result of market-driven manipulation by 

, and possibly exchanges. No security breach, disruption to services or data, or other adverse structural events have occurred on the platform.

While this development is unprecedented for the project, MANTRA has been embroiled in other controversies throughout its history. One of these was its 

, first announced in August 2024 and then delayed multiple times. Around 50% of the wallets believed to be bots were cut off from the airdrop list. However, many considered the bot-culling process to have been conducted without much proof.

There have also been reports of vote rigging in the project's governance system in a bid to obscure MANTRA’s centralized model of profit allocation. Additionally, some analysts have accused the project of "forced bridging" to manipulate the market price. Platform users had to migrate their Ethereum-based OM tokens to MANTRA's native OM tokens via 

, which would increase gas fees and allow the project team to control the token's circulation pace.

How is MANTRA (OM) headed toward recovery?

MANTRA’s CEO rapidly reassured users that the team is now working hard to jump-start the token’s recovery. On Apr 14, 2025, Mullin unveiled plans to initiate a buyback scheme, along with the intent to burn all OM tokens held by the project team. The team's supply totals 300 million tokens, representing about 17% of the total supply.

He also denied factually incorrect assertions circulating online that the team effectively controls 90% of OM's supply. Mullin further assured the public that no large-scale selling events by investors have occurred.

As OM’s value has stayed firmly under $1, it remains to be seen how these PR efforts — as well as the planned buyback and burn — will affect the token’s future.

 as a swap pair with USDT, or on the Derivatives market as the 

Naturally, given the ongoing situation with the OM token, buying OM is at your own discretion, as right now the token is truly for the adventurous and brave at heart.

As of Apr 23, 2025, the OM token is trading at $0.5543, 93.8% lower than its ATH of $8.99 on Feb 23, 2025, and 3,138.8% higher than its ATL of $0.01726 on Oct 12, 2023.

Curiously, most crypto price prediction portals are optimistic about the OM token's long-term prospects. DigitalCoinPrice 

 of $1.81 in 2027 and $2.82 in 2030, whilePricePrediction 

It's hard to verify all the allegations flying around regarding the involvement of exchanges and key investors in the MANTRA OM incident. What matters at this stage is that the project team has been quick and proactive in injecting transparency and clarity into the situation.

The free fall in the token's price seems to be over by now. In fact, OM’s decline was over within hours of the incident. Moreover, unlike Terra's LUNA and UST coins, OM hasn't become worthless. All these factors point to potential stabilization and recovery ahead. The question now is: Will the pace and magnitude of the recovery be enough to save the project in the long term? At this early stage after the collapse, few people could answer the question with confidence. We'll eagerly await the developments over the next few weeks to see if MANTRA finds its way out of the woods. 

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APY is the annualized rate of return from an investment, factoring in compound interest that accrues or grows with the balance by the standard. However, the calculation may differ from exchanges. Learn more.

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In the past few years, the bank savings interest rate has been on the decline, given the state of inflation. One prominent example is the U.S. Bank Standard Savings account, with an annualized percentage yield (APY) of 

 as of 16 April 2023. With such low bank interest rates, people have been attracted by the cryptocurrency market’s passive yields through avenues such as staking, yield farming and cryptocurrency lending.

APY is a common term used in traditional finance, as well as in the cryptocurrency market, to indicate the rate of return gained over the course of a year. The other commonly used metric displayed for users is the annual percentage rate (APR). The main difference between the two lies in whether the returns earned by users are simple or compounded.

This article will explain what APY is, how it differs from simple interest rate and APR, the factors that affect APY and some of the cryptocurrency avenues that involve APY. Understanding APY can aid you in comparing the returns you’ll receive from various investment opportunities.

What Is Annualized Percentage Yield (APY)?

APY refers to an annualized actual interest rate of return earned from an investment, factoring in compound interest that accrues or grows with the balance. Compound interest includes interest earned from the initial deposit, plus the interest earned on that interest. To put it another way, APY is a way to track how interest accumulates over time.

Although commonly associated with traditional savings, APY is a crucial metric for cryptocurrency savings programs and works in a similar way. Cryptocurrency investors can earn APY by staking their cryptos, putting them in savings accounts or providing liquidity to liquidity pools via yield farming. 

You can quickly get started earning APY on your cryptocurrency through crypto 

Typically, investors earn interest in the same crypto that they’ve deposited. However, there are instances where one can be paid in either the same or a different currency.

However, there are other ways of calculating APY, depending upon the exchange. For example, Bybit offers flexible savings plans that allow users to stake and unstake tokens anytime to collect guaranteed yields without the element of compounding interest. The APY is calculated in a simple interest format, where the daily yield represents the interest rate that will be deposited into your wallet based on the number of tokens you’ve staked. 

Daily yield = Number of total tokens staked × (APY for the staked token ÷ 365)

For example, if you’ve staked 10,000 USDT for guaranteed APY at 9%, you can collect 2.5 USDT the next day. The calculation is represented as 10,000 × (0.09 ÷ 365) = 2.4657 USDT.

However, if you’ve chosen to unstake your tokens after collecting daily yields, no yield will be credited to your account. Essentially, any changes to the initial staked asset will affect your daily yield. 

Simple Interest Rate vs. Annualized Percentage Yield

While APY refers to the projected rate of annual return gained on a deposit or stake after compounding interest, a simple interest rate only considers the interest earned on the original stake. 

Compounding is a powerful investment tool since it enables you to earn additional income over time. Compound interest refers to the amount received on both the principal amount and the interest that accumulates over time. With each additional period, the interest paid on the overall balance also increases, since the account balance is increasing.

Rates of return can be difficult to compare across different investments if they have different compounding periods. One may compound daily, while another compounds quarterly or biannually. It’s critical to know how often that compounding occurs, since the more often a deposit compounds, the faster the investment grows

To make it easier to understand, consider staking $1,000 at an interest rate of 12% per annum in January 2021. After one year in January 2022, using a simple interest rate calculation, you’ll receive a total of $1,000 × (1 + 12%) = $1,120.

The same $1,000 staked at 12% per annum, but with biannual compounding of interest in the first six months, will give you $1,000 × (1 + 6%) = $1,060, or the total after six months.

After a year, you’ll earn 1,060 × (1+ 6%) = $1,123.60 

That extra $3.60 comes from the power of compound interest. Therefore, your annualized percentage yield is the return you’ll receive over the year: $1,123.6 ÷ $1,000 − 1, or 12.36%.

The 7-day APY is an annualized yield using 7-day returns. It’s calculated by taking the net difference in price from 7 days ago to today, and generating an annual percentage. 

The formula to calculate 7-day APY is as follows:

This calculated amount helps investors understand the weekly yield or return. Find out the annual interest yield using the 

: The crypto APY calculator suggested here may not be accurate, as the calculation is highly dependent upon the terms and conditions of the platform's staking policies and/or the yields.

APY represents your rate of return (the amount of profit or earnings you can make).

, your ultimate earnings will differ. The holding period will determine how much you actually earn. 

What Is the Annual Percentage Rate (APR)? 

APR, or annual percentage rate, is the interest you earn from your invested assets in a year, expressed as a percentage. This figure may include fees that borrowers pay. It’s a useful tool for comparing different investment products, since it provides a consistent basis for presenting annual interest rate data. 

APY and APR sound very similar. However, unlike APY, APR doesn’t factor in compounding

For example, if you stake 10,000 coins at an APR of 10%, you’ll earn 1,000 coins as interest after one year. But with APY, the situation changes significantly. 

To calculate APR, you can use the following formula: 

APR = [(Fees + Interest) ÷ Principal] ÷ n × 365 × 100 

In traditional finance, APR is often used to discuss terms for borrowers — for instance, the credit card interest rate that borrowers pay. This percentage rate of interest can also refer to the percentage paid to investors. In general, the APY for a loan is higher than its corresponding APR because of the effects of compounding.

Cryptocurrency assets and activities are usually compounding investments. Instead of simply collecting a flat yield once a year, as in the case of APR, cryptocurrency investments tend to involve reinvestment and make use of compounded interest to help investors boost their rewards. Hence, APR, which is good for flat figures, isn’t too useful when it comes to compounding assets, such as cryptocurrencies. This is also the key reason why most cryptos show APY instead of APR — to provide a better gauge of investment returns.

Another difference is that APR is usually inclusive of all charges, whereas APY only calculates interest rates.

One important note is that because APY includes compounding in its calculation, it will always produce a higher interest rate.

Inflation refers to the loss in value of a currency over time. Within the cryptocurrency market, inflation refers to the process of adding new tokens to the blockchain network, usually at a predetermined rate. The appeal of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin is that they’re designed to have predictable, low inflation rates. 

The rate of inflation for a particular network affects its staking returns. If your coin experiences inflation rates higher than your APY, then your earnings are eroding just as quickly as you’re adding them.

As with any market economy, supply and demand influence pricing. An owner of a cryptocurrency can effectively lend it to generate interest income. Since interest is earned based on the demand to borrow that crypto, market dynamics can determine the rates. 

The interest rate charged for borrowing money tends to be lower when there’s plenty of supply and higher when it’s scarce. Similarly, cryptocurrency APY is variable, changing according to the liquidity and level of demand for each coin.

It’s typical of newly launched projects to offer sky-high lending APYs, in order to encourage new users to come onboard and provide liquidity to their token — which will also aid in increasing the demand for the project’s token. However, as time passes, this APY will eventually fall, offsetting the initial, artificially propped-up numbers.

Calculation of APY is also influenced by the amount of compounding applied, which can vary. Remember that APY increases as the number of compounding periods increases. 

Let’s look at an example. If you deposit $100,000 compounded monthly at 5% per annum, your APY will be 5.116%. The calculation used is 100,000 × (1 + 0.05 ÷ 12)

. Your balance will be $105,116 by the end of the year. 

On the other hand, if compounding is done on a daily basis, then your APY will be 5.126%, with a final balance of $105,127 by the end of the year. The calculation used is 100,000 × (1 + 0.05 ÷ 365)

The more opportunities your interest has to grow, the more it can earn. 

Cryptocurrency Investments That Involve APY

 type, then you don’t have to just store your crypto in a wallet and wait for it to appreciate. There are ways to invest your cryptocurrency and draw on the magic of compound interest or APY in order to grow and multiply your assets.

If your target time horizon in crypto is for the long term, you can get a lot more mileage out of your holdings with cryptocurrency lending and borrowing.

Cryptocurrency lending works pretty much the same way as traditional lending, except you’re lending cryptocurrency rather than paper money. When you lend out your cryptocurrency on a decentralized platform to borrowers, you earn interest or crypto dividends. Depending on the platform, the interest rates can range from 3% to 17%. This is evidently a larger range compared to the TradFi markets, with interest rates ranging between 

While cryptocurrency lending provides investors with a passive income stream, borrowers also benefit from enjoying additional liquidity. 

Let’s say you have 10 bitcoins, and you need some cash urgently — but you don’t want to sell any of your Bitcoin because you believe its value will “go parabolic” in the future. You fear that if you offload your Bitcoin, you could end up with less of it when you repurchase it at a later date, due to an increase in Bitcoin’s price. 

Cryptocurrency lending platforms will allow you to use your 10 bitcoins as collateral to receive a loan. However, you may be required to 

, a fancy way of saying you’ll have to lock in far more cryptocurrency than the amount you want to take as a loan. 

When you repay your loan in full, your collateral will be returned. The amount repaid will depend upon the APY of the loan, which determines the interest rate paid. Hence, borrowers will always prefer a lower borrowing APY, as it means a lower cost for them.

Lending platforms connect cryptocurrency lenders to borrowers. Here’s how 

A borrower requests a loan from a lending platform. Once the platform approves the request, the borrower must lock some of their cryptocurrency as collateral for the lending. The lender funds the loan and receives interest payments periodically at the agreed-upon APY. This continues until the end of the loan tenor.

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