Blue-chip collaterals help stabilize NFT lending: Paraspace
"We only support blue chip NFT to reduce the risks," said Paraspace developers. According to a recent report published by nonfungible token money market protocol Paraspace and multichain wallet BitKeep, the current amount of NFT borrowing and lending , or NFTFi loans, has surpassed $430 million across 43,521 borrowers. The highest proportion of collateral s comprised the most popular NFT collections, such as Wrapped CryptoPunks, Bored Ape Yacht Club, and Mutant Ape Yacht Club. Researchers at Paraspace and BitKeep said that NFTFi added $25 million in outstanding loans from January to March. Also contributing was the introduction of a digital collectible lending protocol by NFT marketplace Blur, which surpassed $16 million in loans one day after its launch, led by Taiwanese celebrity Machi Big Brother. Yet, the real impetus was the invention of Bitcoin Ordinals, which boosted total NFT market transaction volume to $1.5 billion in March but shrunk to $330 million in May. Desp...