How is Cardana Better Than Traditional Lending?
7. Global user base
Unlike local or regional banks, our borrowers and lenders come from every part of the world. This offers diversification benefits to users and substantially increases the demand for our services.
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How is Cardana Better Than Traditional Lending?
6. Flexible
At Cardana, lenders can lend as little as USD 1. This is very different from traditional credit funds, which require a sizable commitment of capital.
6. Flexible
At Cardana, lenders can lend as little as USD 1. This is very different from traditional credit funds, which require a sizable commitment of capital.
How is Cardana Better Than Traditional Lending?
5. Safe
Collateral will be stabilized and converted into stable coins, such as $BUSD, as its value falls and the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio breaches the designated stabilization threshold.
As such, borrowers will be able to repay the loan and avoid unforeseen personal liabilities while lenders are meaningfully protected throughout.
5. Safe
Collateral will be stabilized and converted into stable coins, such as $BUSD, as its value falls and the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio breaches the designated stabilization threshold.
As such, borrowers will be able to repay the loan and avoid unforeseen personal liabilities while lenders are meaningfully protected throughout.
How is Cardana Better Than Traditional Lending?
4. Possible To Make Money By Borrowing
Borrowers can borrow for free or even make money out of the loan if the values of their collateral, namely digital assets, increase by more than interests paid.
For example, if the interest rate is 10% p.a. and there is a 25% increment in the value of the collateral, the borrower is c.15% better off compared with selling the collateral for cash in the first place.
4. Possible To Make Money By Borrowing
Borrowers can borrow for free or even make money out of the loan if the values of their collateral, namely digital assets, increase by more than interests paid.
For example, if the interest rate is 10% p.a. and there is a 25% increment in the value of the collateral, the borrower is c.15% better off compared with selling the collateral for cash in the first place.
How is Cardana Better Than Traditional Lending?
3. No Fees
Banks often charge establishment fees and loan service fees. To take out a home loan in Australia, Commonwealth Bank of Australia charges up to AUD 600 to 800 for upfront establishment fee and up to AUD 8 per month for loan servicing.
Other fees include additional security fees, progressive drawing fees, rate lock fee, security guarantee fee, low deposit premium, access fees, and many more.
None of these is charged at Cardana, effectively lowering borrowing costs for users of our dApp.
3. No Fees
Banks often charge establishment fees and loan service fees. To take out a home loan in Australia, Commonwealth Bank of Australia charges up to AUD 600 to 800 for upfront establishment fee and up to AUD 8 per month for loan servicing.
Other fees include additional security fees, progressive drawing fees, rate lock fee, security guarantee fee, low deposit premium, access fees, and many more.
None of these is charged at Cardana, effectively lowering borrowing costs for users of our dApp.
How is Cardana Better Than Traditional Lending?
2. Quick and Private
Borrowing with Cardana is quick and private. Unlike traditional loan applications, borrowers need not upload identification documents, address proofs or payslips. They do not even need to disclose their identities or the purposes of the loans.
Borrowers can finish the entire loan application in less than 1 minute, by clicking a few buttons. All borrowers need to do is to choose from the loan options and deposit the collateral.
The entire process is done online via our Cardana dApp. No branch visit is required
2. Quick and Private
Borrowing with Cardana is quick and private. Unlike traditional loan applications, borrowers need not upload identification documents, address proofs or payslips. They do not even need to disclose their identities or the purposes of the loans.
Borrowers can finish the entire loan application in less than 1 minute, by clicking a few buttons. All borrowers need to do is to choose from the loan options and deposit the collateral.
The entire process is done online via our Cardana dApp. No branch visit is required
How is Cardana Better Than Traditional Lending?
1. Fair
Four out of five Americans who have taken out a loan have never defaulted, yet less than half of Americans have access to prime credit. Even consumers with high credit scores tend to pay too much for loans because the rates they pay effectively subsidize the losses from borrowers who default.
At Cardana, interest rates are determined objectively and not by one’s credit scores, which are subjective and at times detached from reality. As the chance of default is reduced substantially with the aid of a smart contract, subsidization is virtually nonexistent.
1. Fair
Four out of five Americans who have taken out a loan have never defaulted, yet less than half of Americans have access to prime credit. Even consumers with high credit scores tend to pay too much for loans because the rates they pay effectively subsidize the losses from borrowers who default.
At Cardana, interest rates are determined objectively and not by one’s credit scores, which are subjective and at times detached from reality. As the chance of default is reduced substantially with the aid of a smart contract, subsidization is virtually nonexistent.
As is the norm in the industry, lenders receive most of the interests paid by the borrowers. The remainder will be go primarily to:
1. The Cardana security and insurance fund to maintain a trusted platform;
2. The Cardana dApp to cover such expenses as gas fees; and
3. Cardana token holders for supporting the platform.
1. The Cardana security and insurance fund to maintain a trusted platform;
2. The Cardana dApp to cover such expenses as gas fees; and
3. Cardana token holders for supporting the platform.
Lenders receive decent interest incomes
Lenders receive decent interest incomes by lending with Cardana. Interest rates can be up to double digit percentage, depending on the actual market condition and borrower demand. This is meaningfully higher than the interests in the United States and Australia, which are next to zero, as well as in Europe and Japan, which are negative.
Lenders receive decent interest incomes by lending with Cardana. Interest rates can be up to double digit percentage, depending on the actual market condition and borrower demand. This is meaningfully higher than the interests in the United States and Australia, which are next to zero, as well as in Europe and Japan, which are negative.
Borrowers get to decide on interest rates
Unlike other platforms, we provide maximum flexibility and allow users to set their own interest rates. Instead of being a decision-maker, Cardana has chosen to be an enabler. Our role is to provide borrowers and lenders with a set of market interest rates to facilitate decision making. Market rate information will be sourced from credible data tracking sites, such as https://loanscan.io/.
Borrowers will receive a notification if the interest rate he/she has set is too low compared with the prevailing market rates. This is to ensure borrowers make informed decisions and are aware of the risks of not receiving enough lender interest if his/her offer deviates significantly from what is available in the market.
Unlike other platforms, we provide maximum flexibility and allow users to set their own interest rates. Instead of being a decision-maker, Cardana has chosen to be an enabler. Our role is to provide borrowers and lenders with a set of market interest rates to facilitate decision making. Market rate information will be sourced from credible data tracking sites, such as https://loanscan.io/.
Borrowers will receive a notification if the interest rate he/she has set is too low compared with the prevailing market rates. This is to ensure borrowers make informed decisions and are aware of the risks of not receiving enough lender interest if his/her offer deviates significantly from what is available in the market.
How does the Cardana dApp work?
A while ago, Betty took out a $BUSD 10,000 loan. At an LTV of 30%, the loan required Betty to post USD 33,333 worth of Safemoon as collateral.
Due to a piece of unfavourable news, the value of Safemoon has collapsed by nearly 50%. As a result, what was originally worth USD 33,000 is now worth USD 16,667, while the LTV increases from 30% to 60% (10,000 / 16,667), or 5% below the stabilization threshold of 65%.
The smart contract sends Betty a message, reminding her that the collateral will be stabilized and converted into BUSD if the value of Safemoon falls further and LTV breaches 65%. Betty is also given the option to post more collateral to avoid a stabilization.
Betty has decided to not post extra collateral and, regrettably, Safemoon kept falling and the collateral is now worth 15,384. With a LTV of 65%, the smart contract liquidates the collateral.
BUSD 10,000 is now returned to the lenders, with the remainder deposited into Betty’s wallet.
A while ago, Betty took out a $BUSD 10,000 loan. At an LTV of 30%, the loan required Betty to post USD 33,333 worth of Safemoon as collateral.
Due to a piece of unfavourable news, the value of Safemoon has collapsed by nearly 50%. As a result, what was originally worth USD 33,000 is now worth USD 16,667, while the LTV increases from 30% to 60% (10,000 / 16,667), or 5% below the stabilization threshold of 65%.
The smart contract sends Betty a message, reminding her that the collateral will be stabilized and converted into BUSD if the value of Safemoon falls further and LTV breaches 65%. Betty is also given the option to post more collateral to avoid a stabilization.
Betty has decided to not post extra collateral and, regrettably, Safemoon kept falling and the collateral is now worth 15,384. With a LTV of 65%, the smart contract liquidates the collateral.
BUSD 10,000 is now returned to the lenders, with the remainder deposited into Betty’s wallet.
How does the Cardana dApp work?
Jasmine borrowed $BUSD 20,000 a year ago using 164 BNB as collateral, equivalent to USD 50,000 at the price of $305.
After 1 year, BNB has gone up to $400. Jasmine was happy that she didn’t sell her $BNB a year ago. However, Jasmine also found that she was unable to repay the loan because she had recently sent her son to the best private school in the country.
She was relieved when she realized the smart contract would liquidate 55 BNB to pay off the principal and the interest costs as they come due, while returning the rest of the BNB to her.
Jasmine borrowed $BUSD 20,000 a year ago using 164 BNB as collateral, equivalent to USD 50,000 at the price of $305.
After 1 year, BNB has gone up to $400. Jasmine was happy that she didn’t sell her $BNB a year ago. However, Jasmine also found that she was unable to repay the loan because she had recently sent her son to the best private school in the country.
She was relieved when she realized the smart contract would liquidate 55 BNB to pay off the principal and the interest costs as they come due, while returning the rest of the BNB to her.
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Lending platforms are indeed attractive. Tell us what percentage of the loan is obtained from the collateral provided? Can we get a loan of 80% of the collateral or less?
The term of your loan is very long, it can be up to one year. What if the value of the collateral provided falls below the loan provided?
The term of your loan is very long, it can be up to one year. What if the value of the collateral provided falls below the loan provided?
Hi terciduk123, in order to protect the users of the Cardana dApp, including both the borrowers and the lenders, we impose an initial loan-to-value (LTV) requirement and employ the concept of stablization to ensure the value of the collateral is always greater than the outstanding loan balance. The initial LTV will be lower than 80%, which is the norm. Depending on the tokens pledged as collateral, the stablization threshold could be up to 80%, meaning collateral will be converted into stable coins to preserve value if the LTV breaches 80%.
did you just name your project after cardano?
btw, i don't get the idea of loaning something and you should have the collateral as almost the same amount of your loan? and the platform is not an established and popular one. getting clients would be very hard in the beginning so you need to offer something good to attract your potential customers.
btw, i don't get the idea of loaning something and you should have the collateral as almost the same amount of your loan? and the platform is not an established and popular one. getting clients would be very hard in the beginning so you need to offer something good to attract your potential customers.
Hi AmoreJaz
Some people might find our name similar to Cardano. However, our ticker $CARD is very different so there's not going to be any confusion.
If you look at our competitors, say Celsius, you will find that overcollateralisation is the norm. The value of the collateral is always meaningfully higher than the value of the loan to start with.
We attract users with our unique selling points (USPs). One of which is that we accept tokens which others do not normally accept as collateral, including BSC tokens like $SAFEMOON.
so what are the criteria before a token is accepted as collateral? hard to stream line if you will just accept any bsc token. also, i believe, that's the challenge you will face. the user may just sell his tokens rather than take the loan. because if it is higher than the value of the loan, why take loan in the first place? now, you need to think of some rewards program to attract clients to avail your services. otherwise, they will just opt to more popular lending platforms.
Hi AmoreJaz, In deciding whether to accept a token as collateral, we consider all relevant factors, including but not confined to:
1. Blockchain;
2. Launch date;
3. Liquidity;
4. Trade volume;
5. Market capitalization;
6. Volatility;
7. Supply cap; and
8. Trustworthiness.
Users prefer to take out a loan instead of selling their crypto assets because of two major reasons: (1) They believe the values of the assets will go even higher and that (2) they want to avoid a capital gains tax event.
Lending platforms are indeed attractive. Tell us what percentage of the loan is obtained from the collateral provided? Can we get a loan of 80% of the collateral or less?
The term of your loan is very long, it can be up to one year. What if the value of the collateral provided falls below the loan provided?
The term of your loan is very long, it can be up to one year. What if the value of the collateral provided falls below the loan provided?
did you just name your project after cardano?
btw, i don't get the idea of loaning something and you should have the collateral as almost the same amount of your loan? and the platform is not an established and popular one. getting clients would be very hard in the beginning so you need to offer something good to attract your potential customers.
btw, i don't get the idea of loaning something and you should have the collateral as almost the same amount of your loan? and the platform is not an established and popular one. getting clients would be very hard in the beginning so you need to offer something good to attract your potential customers.
Hi AmoreJaz
Some people might find our name similar to Cardano. However, our ticker $CARD is very different so there's not going to be any confusion.
If you look at our competitors, say Celsius, you will find that overcollateralisation is the norm. The value of the collateral is always meaningfully higher than the value of the loan to start with.
We attract users with our unique selling points (USPs). One of which is that we accept tokens which others do not normally accept as collateral, including BSC tokens like $SAFEMOON.
so what are the criteria before a token is accepted as collateral? hard to stream line if you will just accept any bsc token. also, i believe, that's the challenge you will face. the user may just sell his tokens rather than take the loan. because if it is higher than the value of the loan, why take loan in the first place? now, you need to think of some rewards program to attract clients to avail your services. otherwise, they will just opt to more popular lending platforms.
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This week, Cardana continues to trend on Blockfolio and Coinsniper and is one of the top projects on both platforms. Importantly, we have finalised the first draft of the white paper and published articles in different languages to cater for our rapidly growing global community.
White Paper
We know you’ve been waiting for the white paper. We are happy to announce that the first draft has been completed and the white paper is now sitting with our copywriter for edit. Over the next couple of days, we will be releasing excerpts of the document. You will be able to understand more about how our dApp works and how it is better than other centralized and decentralized platforms.
International Expansion
Cardana continues to expand its geographical footprint. We now have 6 active local community Telegram groups:
*KOR 🇰🇷 | t.me/Cardanakr
*VN 🇻🇳 | t.me/Cardanavietnam
*BRA 🇧🇷 | t.me/cardanabrasil
*CN🇨🇳 | t.me/cardanachina
*IND 🇮🇳 | t.me/CardanaIndia
*TRY 🇹🇷 | t.me/CardanaTurkey
We have published Medium articles in
*Portuguese: https://cardana.medium.com/introdu%C3%A7%C3%A3o-a-cardana...
*Turkish: https://medium.com/@CARDANA_TR
A Portuguese version of our website will follow shortly.
As usual, Cardana is heavily featured by influencers on YouTube:
*(Arabic) Aj Crypto: https://youtu.be/EoE4jhnCi2s
*(English) Crypto Tiger: https://youtu.be/TSpjl0_nlA8
*(English) Prof Crypto: https://youtu.be/tbO1xTHbZb4
*(Hindi) Cheap Deals: https://youtu.be/DjqcYo8cCQE
You can revisit all the videos on our website at https://cardana.io/media/.
Cardana is also reported on the front page by The Bitcoin News.
Next week, we will
*Complete the final draft of the white paper and be releasing excerpts of it from time to time;
*Work on a multilingual website;
*Begin building the prototype of the dApp
*Continue to partner with influencers and trend on Blockfolio
Thank you for your support!
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