Digital Collectible Owners Continue to Take Loans out Using NFTs as Collateral
While non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles have become a hot commodity over the last 12 months, a number of NFT owners are taking loans out against their NFTs. This month, a project called Nftfi has facilitated $25.6 million in NFT loans so far, and last month the lending marketplace recorded nearly $50 million in NFT loans. NFT Lending and Borrowing Continues to Grow NFTs have become a billion-dollar industry during the last year and a popular blockchain technology use case. Even though sales have slid in recent times amid the crypto market downturn, NFTs are still selling for....
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