Well you guys obviously do not really pay attention as almost the overwhelming majority of people who are borrowing money from these platforms are putting collateral of crypto or even NFTs as that is popular now.
Depends on the lending platform because some platforms can accept a wide range of collateral. This forum can be one example, because there are lender here that will accept a forum account and they can also accept any other things as long as it has a value.
Cryptos and NFT values are volatile. Fiats and alike are stable but I think fiats can get devalued overtime? There is no safe collateral but every collateral has their own risks. Is there even a lending platform where you cant be able to see the loaner's collateral? So, they will just say that this is their collateral but you cannot verify it if they really own it? That practice was too unsafe, why would someone use that?
Yes,,, but we are obviously discussing these platforms where you lend and earn interest. And that interest is based on repayments from borrowers, who have to put up collateral, which is always in crypto.
On this forum, you borrow, you do not lend.
Exactly.
I've tried to look into borrowing before with a platform and guess what? They're even asking more than the amount that I am about to borrow as collateral.
There's no sense to borrow if that's going to be the collateral they'll be asking you. It's better to just sell that stuff collateral you have and avoid the debt.
Like I was saying, most of the guys commenting do not even know what they are talking about. Just spamming.
I agree with you in principle,,, but I do understand why some people would want to do this.
For example, if I have 1 BTC, I do not want to sell it. Or NFT. But I would like to buy something big that I am willing to pay instalments for. Like a car.
So I can put BTC or NFT as collateral and borrow 90% of the value, and pay interest until I paid it all back.
Yes, it means I lose because I pay interest, but I did not have to let go of my BTC/NFT. And I still got the car.
I would go with it and find it much better than selling off the btc and buy a car. Yes there is going to be bit lose since we pay interest but much safer with btc. I am not sure if I can share this as it would become a spam. I was discussing with my wife that will buy a car on a loan. She suggested that, we can pledge the gold we have and buy the car. Interest to the gold every month will be smaller than interest upon a car loan. It was really a good idea and we decided to go with it. I could match this situation with your above suggestion.