Genesis issues $6M NFT-backed loan to Meta4 Capital
Institutional investors are increasingly entering the NFT space, particularly interested in providing original lending solutions. Genesis Global Capital has completed one of its first purely NFT-backed loans for $6 million to Meta4 Capital, a Miami-based Web3 focused investment management firm. This loan is notable not just for its amount but for solely using nonfungible tokens (NFTs) as collateral instead of including broader liquid collateral. Meta4 operates as an NFT VC backed by Andreessen Horowitz, specializing in acquiring presumed rare and historically significant NFTs.The proceeds....
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