Blur NFT lending surpasses $16M in loans, led by Machi Massive Brother

by Jeremy

In line with knowledge sourced from consumer @beetle from Dune Dashboard, nonfungible token (NFT) market Blur has facilitated 8,820 Ether, or roughly $16.37 million, in loans via perpetual NFT lending protocol Mix sooner or later after its launch. On Might 1, Blur launched Mix as a novel protocol for pledging NFTs for loans, which was developed along side enterprise capital agency Paradigm.

Collectively, the Azuki, Wrapped CryptoPunks and Milady NFT collections symbolize the most important collateral, with over 8,000 Ether (ETH) price in market worth pledged. The highest Blur lender, who has issued 58 loans price 1,180 ETH, is Taiwanese celeb Jeff Huang, often known as Machi Massive Brother.

A outstanding determine in Taiwan’s music trade, Machi Massive Brother can be an avid collector of the Bored Ape Yacht Membership NFT collection. Machi was one of many largest recipients of the Blur token airdrop in February and reportedly offered 1,010 NFTs inside 48 hours on Feb. 25 within the “largest NFT dump ever.”

There are 846 energetic loans on the platform on the time of publication, with eight refinancing occasions. As a perpetual lending protocol, Mix robotically extends the length of loans at expiry, assuming neither the borrowing nor lending celebration objects. Loans can be refinanced or held at Dutch public sale in case of rate of interest adjustments. Protocol builders declare that Mix expenses neither borrowing nor lending charges, however solely curiosity.

Final yr, NFT lending protocols fell into disarray after a crypto bear market brought on many collectibles to change into illiquid, a few of which had no bids in any respect. One protocol, BendDAO, had as little as $23,715 to pay again lenders on the time after facilitating greater than 15,000 ETH in loans. 

Journal: Nonfungible Tokens, The Fast Information