If someone borrows BTC from me and uses LTC as collateral, I couldn't care less about the dollar value of either. But I sure as hell want the collateral (LTC) to always equal or exceed the amount owed (BTC). Therefore I am interested in the volatility of LTC/BTC value, and I will always require extra collateral to cover that risk. Otherwise I'm not lending money to some anonymous person on the internet (who might be a hacked account, bought account, scammer, etc.). It is just not going to happen.
Ok so lets go over this so far, you say you want protection and 120% collateral to protect in case the coin declines in value right? OK, what happens if today i borrow 10 litecoins from you with a promise topay them back in 30 days and in 29 days bitcoin drops 100 dollars in price and litecoin doubles, what protection does your borrower have against that,? Lending is a two way street is it not so if you are protected as a lender with 120% collateral how is your borrower protected if the value exponentially increases?
Just curious
As far as my take on the laws,TRUST and BELIEVE bro if anyone is doing any kind of lending of any kind of value represented in absolutely any way with the USD, the tax man wants his share, the law man wants his share (licensing offices) and theyb dont care about your or my take on the law, they will find a reason to slap you with fines and court fees. If you base any lending at all on the united states dollar in any way shape or form, you may as well open your own payday loan office and pay for the licenses, because if they find out and want to be pricks about it, they will
USA is already taxing and implementing trading laws on the exchanges that trade the USD market against cryptocurrency, what makes you think they wont impose the same lending laws against a party using fiat values to lend his coins out, AND they are taxing bitcoin income as well in a lot of states already.
If you don't like a lenders terms, DON'T BORROW FROM HIM.
If you don't like a borrowers terms, DON'T LEND TO HIM.
This is a great idea,one I use actually.
The lender should be one who is trusted enough to hold your collateral. That is unlikely to happen since if Bitcoin value drops, the alt coin's value should also drop. If you dont trust the lender enough, then use a escrow. Most of them won't risk their reputation to scam in a loan collateral.