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Genesis’ Lending Surges Again in Q2 – and Not Just in Crypto

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Genesis Global Trading’s crypto-related lending business remains on a growth tear – especially its loans of U.S. dollars and blockchain substitutes.

According to statistics published by the over-the-counter trading firm Tuesday, Genesis’ “cash” lending doubled in the second quarter from the previous quarter to about $186 million. These loans, denominated in fiat or the dollar-pegged USDC, PAX, TrueUSD or USDT stablecoins, were introduced in last year’s fourth quarter and now account for 23.5 percent of the firm’s outstanding loans.

Tellingly, the majority of these loans were written in June, when bitcoin’s price climbed to nearly $14,000.

Two forces converged to make fiat an attractive borrowing option in a bull market, Genesis CEO Michael Moro told CoinDesk.

First was the forward price curve exceeding the spot price of bitcoin as the market turned bullish. Moro said investors responded to the phenomenon by pledging their bitcoin as collateral to borrow cash to buy more bitcoin – capturing the spread between the forward and spot markets.

Second is the growing global demand for dollars. Where firms were once stymied by a lack of access to U.S. bank accounts, they can now purchase stablecoins through Genesis in a frictionless currency swap.

Record originations

All told, Genesis originated $746 million in loans in the second quarter, up 75 percent and a record for the company since it began lending in March 2018.

Genesis’ outstanding loans increased 149 percent to $452 million. The majority of this portfolio, 62.5 percent, remains denominated in bitcoin.

This was the fifth straight quarter of growth for Genesis, which says it is the largest (at $2.3 billion in cumulative originations) institution-only crypto lending firm.

“The momentum of lending has continued into the bull market,” Moro said.

The ratio of domestic to international counterparties has shifted to around 60/40, whereas last year nearly 80 percent of borrowers were based in the US.

Moro said a second-order effect of institutions buying stablecoins is that they on-board to other cryptocurrencies. The increased institutional knowledge of opening up a wallet and learning how to trade removes the barriers to buying an unpegged digital asset such as bitcoin.

Despite the uptick in first-time borrowers in the bull market, Moro said Genesis has yet to have a loan go into default or delinquency.

Michael Moro at Consensus 2019 image via CoinDesk archives

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