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According to CoinDesk, the Bitcoin mortgage product jointly launched by Better Mortgage and Coinbase has been fully launched last week. Borrowers can pledge Bitcoin at a 250% collateral rate to pay for the down payment on a home. For example, to purchase a $500,000 property, one would need to pledge $250,000 in Bitcoin to support a $100,000 down payment. Since the full launch, the pre-application loan scale has reached $360 million, higher than the previous estimated $260 million from the waiting list users.At closing, borrowers will receive two loans: one is a conventional mortgage secured by the property that meets Fannie Mae standards, and the other is a down payment loan secured by pledged Bitcoin and a subordinate lien on the property. Better disclosed that it may re-pledge the Bitcoin pledged by borrowers, as long as an equivalent amount of assets is retained for return. Borrowers cannot retrieve their crypto assets early and must wait until the conventional mortgage is fully repaid or refinanced to recover them, meaning Bitcoin may be locked for up to 15 to 30 years.Unlike typical crypto loans, a drop in Bitcoin prices will not trigger a margin call or automatic liquidation; liquidation of pledged assets may only occur 60 days after the borrower defaults. Coinbase only acts as a custodian and technology provider and does not participate in credit decisions. Currently, the product only supports Bitcoin collateral; both parties mentioned USDC when announced in March but ultimately chose to launch with BTC first.

Starknet lending protocol Vesu announced that an oracle incident occurred on September 4. A malfunctioning upstream Pragma price source led to the abnormal liquidation of 47 positions and $3 million in collateral across multiple Vesu liquidity pools between 04:08 and 04:10 UTC. The price source self-corrected within two minutes and has not been affected since.Pragma has collaborated with relevant parties to deploy a fix for the root cause, and Vesu expects liquidity pool curators to lift the suspension of the pools in the coming hours. Vesu stated that its contracts are operating as designed, the protocol has no vulnerabilities, and no fixes need to be deployed; the issue was due to incorrect input prices. Vesu is working with Pragma, StarkWare, Starknet Foundation, and liquidity pool curators to recover the funds taken through these liquidations. Affected users should keep their Earn positions open to avoid losing refund eligibility; if liquidated during the incident, please submit a support ticket on Discord. A complete technical report will be released soon.

Cryptocurrency exchange Backpack announced that users can now use Micron and SanDisk stocks as collateral to deposit into a unified investment portfolio margin account that covers stocks, cryptocurrencies, and other assets. Stock holdings can be used for USD lending, contract trading, and spot margin.Backpack had previously provided 24/7 trading services for some U.S. stocks to international investors, who have complete ownership of the traded U.S. stocks and can perform 1:1 bridging between traditional securities and tokenized assets on Solana. The newly added collateral is limited to the two stocks mentioned above, and Backpack has also launched perpetual contracts for MU, SNDK, SPY, and QQQ. Backpack stated that more assets will be launched in the future, but did not disclose a specific timeline.

On September 2, 2026, at 20:00, the Coin Security Warehouse Leverage, Unified Account Model, and Unified Account Professional Version will add 4 new bStocks tokens---Seagate (STXB), ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQB), Moderna (MRNAB), and CrowdStrike (CRWDB)---as eligible collateral assets. Eligible users can use these tokens as margin collateral.

According to The Defiant, the tokenized credit fund HINC launched by Securitize in collaboration with Neuberger is now live on the Solana lending protocol Loopscale as collateral, allowing qualified investors to borrow USDG stablecoins without redeeming their holdings. HINC was launched on August 18 on Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, and Sui, primarily holding assets such as high-yield corporate bonds, CLO tranches, and bank loans, with a minimum subscription of $100,000 and a fee rate of 0.6%, available only to qualified investors and qualified purchasers.Mary Gooneratne, co-founder of Loopscale, stated that HINC brings a fundamentally different type of collateral to the Solana credit market, supporting actively managed high-yield strategies that indicate on-chain lending can surpass crypto-native assets and short-duration instruments. RedStone uses its Trusted Single Source Oracle standard to price HINC, publishing the manager's daily NAV in a signed, timestamped, on-chain format for protocol verification and triggering liquidation events. Loopscale currently has a TVL of approximately $91.3 million and active loans of $55.9 million, ranking 27th on DefiLlama.HINC is the third Securitize product to go live on the protocol, following Apollo's tokenized credit fund ACRED and Securitize's own publicly listed stock SECZ on the NYSE as collateral.

According to the official announcement, Binance will update the cross-currency margin borrowing and withdrawal collateral rates, portfolio margin collateral rates, and tiered collateral rates for certain assets on September 4, 2026, at 06:00 (UTC), which is expected to take about 30 minutes.The collateral rate for ZEC will be raised from 50% to 70%; AIXBT, RARE, KSM, CATI, RED, FLUX, PIXEL, RONIN, SAGA, and BICO will be lowered from 30% to 10%; SYRUP will be raised from 10% to 30%. In addition, the portfolio margin Pro tiered collateral rate for SYRUP will also be adjusted. Users should closely monitor uniMMR to avoid potential liquidation risks.

Watcher Guru posted that Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, will accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT as collateral for loans.

Better collaborates with Coinbase to launch Bitcoin collateral loans, allowing borrowers to obtain funds using BTC as collateral, providing liquidity without the need to liquidate and avoiding capital gains tax.

On August 25, Galaxy launched the GalaxyOne Crypto Portfolio Line of Credit (PLOC) product for eligible U.S. customers. Users can pledge BTC, ETH, and SOL (including staked SOL) to borrow cash within a single revolving credit limit, without having to sell any crypto assets. The product has no initiation fees, features a variable annual interest rate of 8.99%, and a 50% initial loan-to-value ratio, meaning that $100,000 in pledged assets can borrow approximately $50,000.Galaxy stated that the value of the pledged assets will be continuously monitored, and warnings will be issued in advance if the assets decline; withdrawals are typically credited instantly, and funds can be used on the platform or withdrawn as USD and USDC stablecoins. The staked crypto assets will not be re-pledged or lent out, and staked SOL can continue to earn rewards while being used as collateral. Zac Prince, Managing Director of GalaxyOne, stated that with Galaxy's institutional infrastructure, they are able to launch this product with competitive rates, security, and flexibility.This product is offered by GalaxyOne Lending LLC in 40 states, excluding California, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, and South Dakota. This move is seen as an attempt to restart retail crypto lending on a regulated track after the collapses of Celsius, BlockFi, and Voyager in 2022, contrasting with the model of freezing customer funds and forced liquidations that year.

Coinbase posted on platform X that U.S. borrowers can now use Bitcoin as collateral for a mortgage down payment without having to sell their Bitcoin or face a margin call. Coinbase One members can receive up to $10,000 back upon completing a transaction.

Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan stated that the manual borrowing feature of HyperCore has been launched on the testnet. Currently, all borrowing functions on the mainnet are still limited to the portfolio margin model.The HyperEVM smart contracts can now access HyperCore's lending features through CoreWriter and read-only precompiled contracts.

The cryptocurrency security warehouse leverage, unified account model, and unified account professional version will add Trump Media & Technology Group (DJTB) as eligible collateral assets on August 26, 2026, at 20:00. Eligible users can use these bStocks tokens as margin collateral.

According to The Block, Galaxy has launched a portfolio credit product backed by crypto assets, allowing eligible GalaxyOne clients to borrow cash using BTC, ETH, and SOL as collateral without selling their holdings.This revolving credit line uses a combination of qualified assets as collateral, enabling clients to obtain liquidity for daily expenses or investment needs while continuing to hold their crypto assets.

On August 24, the multi-chain decentralized over-collateralized stablecoin USDD announced the official launch of the Vault feature on Ethereum, allowing users to mint USDD using ETH and WBTC as core collateral assets. This upgrade is a further expansion based on the previous TRON chain Vault, meaning the USDD Vault module has officially entered the dual-chain driven phase and the ETH + BTC dual core mainstream asset collateral stage, providing more entry points for mainstream asset holders to participate in the USDD ecosystem.In April of this year, USDD successfully launched the WBTC Vault on the TRON network, achieving the first Bitcoin collateralized minting of USDD, opening the channel for BTC assets to enter the USDD yield system. The launch of this new Vault extends this capability to the Ethereum chain and expands the range of collateral assets from BTC to ETH and a broader range of mainstream digital assets, forming a dual-chain parallel structure with the original Vault on the TRON chain, further enriching the minting methods and funding application scenarios of USDD.

The multi-chain decentralized over-collateralized stablecoin USDD has officially announced the launch of the Vault feature on Ethereum, allowing users to mint USDD using ETH and WBTC as core collateral assets.This upgrade is a further expansion based on the previous TRON chain Vault, meaning that the USDD Vault module has officially entered the dual-chain drive and ETH + BTC dual-core mainstream asset collateral stage, providing more entry points for mainstream asset holders to participate in the USDD ecosystem.

The metaverse gaming platform The Sandbox confirmed that there is a vulnerability in its cross-chain bridge, allowing attackers to mint uncollateralized SAND on Base and BNB Smart Chain. Blockchain security company PeckShield discovered on August 21 that two addresses had collectively minted approximately 1.49 billion SAND, prompting The Sandbox to shut down the bridging functions for both networks.The Sandbox stated that the affected assets are those bridged on Base and BNB Smart Chain, while SAND on Ethereum and Polygon, user wallet assets, and Ethereum locked assets used to support the tokens remain unaffected. The incident involved a proportion of real collateralized assets that is less than 0.01% of the total supply of SAND. The Sandbox is formulating a compensation plan for the affected liquidity providers and advises users not to trade SAND on Base or BNB Smart Chain until the bridging function is restored.Coinbase plans to delist 10 perpetual futures contracts, including SAND, on August 26, at which time any open positions will be automatically settled.

According to BBX data, yesterday global publicly listed companies in the US disclosed the latest real accounts regarding their holdings in crypto assets, mining costs, and debt collateral structures. The core updates are as follows:Bit Digital ( NASDAQ : $ BTBT ) narrowed losses in Q2, holding over 164,000 ETH: Nasdaq-listed company Bit Digital announced its financial performance for Q2 2026. The company's total revenue for Q2 was $32.1 million (a 15% quarter-over-quarter increase), with a gross profit of $18.6 million (gross margin of 57.9%), and a net loss attributable to shareholders narrowed to $107.2 million. As of June 30, 2026, the company held Ethereum reserves of 164,310.5 ETH, along with approximately $83.6 million in cash and cash equivalents.Riot Platforms ( NASDAQ : $ RIOT ) Q2 revenue of $174.2 million, reserves over 11,000 BTC: US-listed mining company Riot Platforms released its Q2 financial report, with total revenue for the quarter reaching $174.2 million (a 14% year-over-year increase), of which the data center business contributed $23.2 million; Q2 Bitcoin production was 1,587 BTC, with an average mining cash cost of $49,912 per BTC. By the end of Q2, Riot held over $1.2 billion in liquid assets, including 11,380 BTC (of which 5,821 BTC were used as collateral) and $548.9 million in cash.Nakamoto ( NASDAQ : $ NAKA ) sold 600 BTC to repay loans, still holding 4,467 BTC: Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto announced its Q2 performance, with total revenue of $35.87 million and a net loss of $133 million. During the quarter, the company sold approximately 600 BTC and some derivative positions, generating about $48 million in net proceeds to repay a Bitcoin collateral loan of $45 million USDT. As of the end of June, the company still held 4,467 BTC (with a fair value of approximately $262 million, of which 3,805 BTC have been pledged as debt collateral), with total debt of approximately $165 million.

ChianCatcher news, Ethena announced a partnership with digital asset prime broker FalconX, becoming its institutional lending partner. As part of the collaboration, Ethena will include stablecoin lending arrangements as part of its institutional lending configuration, investing in FalconX through over-collateralization.FalconX can use this to expand its balance sheet, while Ethena benefits from FalconX's expertise in loan origination and secured lending, thus obtaining risk-adjusted terms superior to other channels.

According to Decrypt, the decentralized finance platform Ether.fi announced that its self-custody application has added tokenized stock, metal, and cryptocurrency trading, and supports collateralized lending with multiple holdings. Users can lend assets and borrow against collateralized portfolios through the Aave integrated market based on Optimism, allowing them to transfer or spend borrowed funds without selling their holdings.Ether.fi stated that fiat accounts support global deposits and withdrawals, covering over 30 currencies and payment methods, but tokenized stock and metal trading is not open to users in the United States and some other markets. Fiat accounts are only available to users who have completed payment card identity verification, and the speed of deposits and withdrawals varies.Ether.fi will also launch ETHFI automatic buybacks and provide 3% cash back for card spending. Ether.fi founder and CEO Mike Silagadze stated that initially, it will support Ethereum, Bitcoin, Hyperliquid, ETHFI, and some tokenized stocks and gold, with plans to add more collateral assets in the future.

Figure Lending LLC, a cryptocurrency lending institution, offers cryptocurrency-backed loans where borrowers can use Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Solana as collateral to obtain cash up to 75% of the collateral's value while retaining ownership of the tokens. Borrowing typically does not constitute a sale and generally does not trigger a capital gains event.Figure Lending LLC states that borrowers should compare the maximum loan-to-value ratio, fixed or variable interest rates, regulatory licensing, and liquidation terms. The institution offers fixed rates with a loan term of 12 months, a maximum annual percentage rate of 12.62%, and supports same-day funding without requiring a credit score, with approval based on the collateral. Figure provides an optional liquidation protection feature available in some states, which can delay liquidation during the loan term due to price declines; however, liquidation may still occur if the loan is overdue. This feature does not apply to situations of non-payment, default, or violation of loan terms, and a decline in cryptocurrency asset prices may still trigger margin calls.