Lending is one of the oldest practices in finance. Our Head of Growth, @MartindRijke, charts how the enforcement behind it has changed era to era across 4,000 years, from Mesopotamian villages to the state and ratings agencies, and argues onchain is the natural next chapter. Full article below ↓

Lending markets are getting more competitive, but @Aave continues to define the category while new challengers build around it. Which lending protocols are you using and what would make you switch?

Lending is one of the leading sectors onchain. Max Bareiss, Head of Lending at @galaxyhq, is speaking at the Injective Summit. Max leads one of crypto's largest credit desks, with an average loan book size of $1.4B as of 3/31/26. Where credit goes next gets defined.

Lending infrastructure ready from day one on Arc. @Morpho will bring composable borrowing and lending to Arc Mainnet, giving builders a credible venue for onchain credit as the network goes live. More to come.

Lending by the two state-controlled Chinese banks driving the BRI collapsed from a peak of $75bn in 2016 to $4bn last year, researchers found. Such a sharp scale back amounts to an earthquake

Crypto lending is shrinking, but it's not falling apart. Bitcoin bounced from $58K to $82K before easing back to around $76K this quarter. But the real story is credit: crypto lending dropped 40% from its peak, yet it's happening slowly, not crashing. At the same time, Coinbase and Robinhood are turning stocks like Nvidia and Apple into crypto collateral. Circle just launched a new blockchain backed by BlackRock and Visa. Onchain lending is changing fast. Here's what it means for crypto's next chapter. 👇

Direct lending, securitization, and fintech-originated receivables are markets traditional finance has already built into the trillions. Where Maple's new strategies fit into that opportunity ↓