Hey guys. I don't want to sell my btc, but I need some money for my family vacation. I looked around several DeFi platforms where I can lock wrapped BTC and get stablecoins, also looked to companies like SALT and Unchained. I don't like 2 things: high interest rate and liquidations. Anyone took BTC backed loans? What is your experience?
Bitcoin has a volatile price and it's not suitable for a collateral, even though some lenders might accept it as a collateral.
I've never tried borrowing crypto because I don't need loans. I'm pretty OK financially and I hate being in debt.
Nobody is going to give you low interest rates, when it comes to borrowing/lending cryptocurrencies. The risk is higher, so the interest rates are higher as well. I remember some BTC lending platforms from 5 years ago(Like BTCJam, if I remember the name correctly), but all of them disappeared. I assume that the crypto lending business model isn't sustainable in the long run.
Why don't you try to get fiat loan or a credit card?