Nexo provides mostly upto 50% fiat-value of the deposited crypto; imagine the worth of deposited crypto goes down by 50% - that'll leave Nexo with a loss. Imagine that this continues for a while, Nexo will eventually be left with no cent in their bank and get bankrupt. Risky.
Ok i also thought the same when first looking at Nexo. 50% drop in crypto price = loss
Thing is the drop has to be 50% from today and sustained for over a year on all top coins and at the same time no one pays back any loans with interest.
This is a very unlikely scenario imo crypto has to die for Nexo to fail.
(different coins have a LTV loan to value ratio)
On the plus side, what if crypto do not go much lower but crypto goes up in value, Nexo will become a big hitter, top 10 coin very quickly.
Also Credissimo have been doing similar loans for over a decade, they know how this market works.
Well, Nexo might not be in loss right now because back in December/January, taking a loan wasn't this easy. Imagine if they had crazily provided loans at the rate of $10,000 per bitcoin deposited when bitcoin (nearly) touched $20,000, Nexo would have been in a good loss by now.
IMO, crypto is still pretty young and can become extremely volatile again in the future; Nexo needs to be very careful with their maximum collateral coverage ratio.
STO will be huge, this is why Coinbase and others have applied for STO & ETO licenses and some have been approved.