My question to the community is how much you trust these platforms to hold your crypto safe and don't scam away? Is the 4-6% annual interest rate worth the risk for you?
Platforms like BlockFi, Nexo and Celcius accepts deposits and provides loan. Bifinex and Poloneix provides margin lending for traders which is similar to a collateral loan.
Many other exchanges just takes the money to increase the liquidity and some to lock up their coins. Binance want's to be the largest exchange and make every people put their coin on binance so they could manipulate the whole crypto market.