Bitcoin loans are paying for tuition and working capital, not just trades, lenders say
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Key takeaways
- Coinbase added fixed-rate bitcoin-backed loans using Morpho's protocol.
- Borrowers are using crypto-backed loans for practical expenses like tuition.
- Ledn plans to expand the collateralization model to include gold.
Coinbase introduces fixed-rate loans
Major industry players are already validating this direction. On Sept. 22, Coinbase added fixed-rate bitcoin-backed loans to its retail app through Morpho's Midnight protocol. Users can borrow USDC against bitcoin with the interest rate and repayment date set at the outset. The fixed-rate options sit alongside its existing variable-rate loans on Morpho, which boast more than $1.4 billion outstanding against roughly $3 billion in collateral.
Coinbase's fixed-rate loans, however, are short-dated, SALT is aiming for much longer terms.
Expanding to gold and hard assets
Looking ahead, Ledn sees this collateralization model expanding beyond bitcoin to gold, a traditional safe-haven asset already used worldwide to unlock liquidity through loans.
“The next stage is lending against hard assets more broadly,” Reeds said, pointing to precious metals as the logical evolution.
“Gold is the obvious next example. It's a twenty-trillion-dollar asset, yet borrowing against it has largely been an institutional privilege. For most everyday holders, the way to get cash from gold has been to sell it,” Reeds said.
Ultimately, the line between digital and physical alternative assets is blurring for modern investors.
“Our clients increasingly think in terms of hard assets they want to hold for the long term, and borrow against rather than sell,” Reeds said.
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