Crypto Lending Still Popular as Biggest Lender in Asia Aims to Raise $100 Million
The biggest crypto lender in Asia- Matrixport, aims to raise funding of $100 million amidst the recent FTX turmoil. The recent FTX contagion has put other lending protocols, such as Genesis, BlockFi, and Gemini earn, into trouble. The news about the new funding round when the crypto lending platforms are struggling has surprised everyone.
Matrixport is a Singapore-based startup founded by Jihan Wu. Earlier, Jihan Wu also co-founded Bitmain, a company that designs integrated circuit chips for Bitcoin mining. He left Bitmain in 2019 to start Matrixport. According to a Bloomberg report, the crypto lending company handles $5 billion of monthly trading volume and has over $10 billion of assets under management. Matrixport raised over $100 million in a Series C funding round in Aug. 2021.
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