Uncollateralized Lending Platform Truefi Raises $12.5 Million From A16z, Alam...

Uncollateralized Lending Platform Truefi Raises $12.5 Million From A16z, Alam...

Truefi, an uncollateralized loan platform, has raised $12.5 million from three important investors. The token sale was led by Blocktower, a New York-based cryptocurrency investment firm. Other important investors were Alameda Research — owned by Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX — and A16z. Truefi is one of the few uncollateralized defi-based lending protocols in the industry. Truefi Raises $12.5 Million Truefi has raised $12.5 million dollars to expand its operations and its offer of lending products. The investment was made through the purchase of its native token truefi....


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