Unique Bitcoin-backed home loan refinancing deal in California
Glen Oaks Escrow has made its first BTC-backed refinancing of a property in San Diego. One of Southern California's largest independent escrow companies, Glen Oaks Escrow, has announced its first property refinancing with a Bitcoin-backed loan.The company stated that this is the first time a refinancing has been completed using Bitcoin as collateral. In the July 28 announcement it added that it has previously facilitated a number of real estate transactions that used BTC as the form of payment.Glen Oaks Escrow, which started accepting Bitcoin payments in 2018, views the transaction as....
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Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has obtained a $205 million bitcoin-collateralized loan from Silvergate Bank through a subsidiary to buy more bitcoin. “The interest-only term loan is secured by certain bitcoin held in Macrostrategy’s collateral account.”
Company to Use $205M Bitcoin-Backed Loan to Purchase Bitcoin
The Nasdaq-listed pro-bitcoin software company Microstrategy announced Tuesday that one of its subsidiaries has obtained a bitcoin-backed loan to purchase additional BTC.
Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor tweeted Tuesday:
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In the latest hint that Wall Street is pushing farther into crypto, Goldman Sachs has offered its first bitcoin-backed loan. Goldman Sachs Makes History In order to aid to the institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies, Goldman Sachs has granted its first ever Bitcoin-backed loan. According to Bloomberg, the unnamed borrower received cash from the US-based investment […]
PRESS RELEASE. CEX.IO LOAN experiences massive institutional demand for its crypto-backed lending service, with 41% of customers requesting to borrow cash against Bitcoin, 53% against Ethereum, and 6% against DeFi tokens. Crypto-backed lending service CEX.IO LOAN that launched in October 2020 in select global jurisdictions, has been experiencing major demand, receiving over $100 million worth of loan requests to date. While the service has been widely popular among retail investors, most of the platform’s loan requests came from institutional investors. According to CEX.IO LOAN,....