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US-based crypto lender Lantern Finance expands its loan product lineup to include XRP and DOGE, catering to overlooked altcoin holders. Lantern Finance, a fast-growing startup in the crypto lending space, announced today that it will begin offering loans backed by XRP and Dogecoin (DOGE), two of the most widely held altcoins by retail investors. The new offering allows users to borrow up to 25% of their crypto’s value at a 13% annual percentage rate (APR), plus a 2% upfront origination fee. The move is part of Lantern’s broader strategy to serve crypto holders who sit outside the Bitcoin and DeFi ecosystems—investors who often lack access to borrowing tools despite holding large positions in major altcoins. “While most lending platforms stick to BTC and ETH, there’s massive untapped demand among holders of assets like XRP and DOGE,” said Jung Won Kim, co-founder and CEO of Lantern. “We’re building the infrastructure to support the full spectrum of crypto collateral—not just what’s easi...
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  CoinMarketCap.Com SATURDAY 4/26/2025 VIRTUAL 90% TRUMP 90% BRETT 89% WIF 70% SUI 66% WLD 61% BONK 54% AIC 52% HONEY 48% SNEK 48% IO 48 % TURBO 123% DEEP 103% PENGU 89% AI162 89% DOG 76% AIXBT 101% CETUS 94% a b BA image crypto 50.png All reactions: 1 1
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  (29) New SEC Chief Atkins Says Agency Doesn't Have to Wait to Impose Crypto Policy In his first public appearance as SEC chairman, Paul Atkins opened the latest crypto roundtable in the agency's Washington headquarters. By Jesse Hamilton|Edited by Cheyenne Ligon - Apr 25, 2025, 1:55 p.m. New Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins appears at his first public event — a crypto roundtable. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)Read More What to know: • Paul Atkins made a crypto event his first public appearance as U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, introducing the latest of five planned roundtables to be held about the industry. • Atkins said the agency will be rethinking crypto special-purpose broker dealers and custody policy, and he said the SEC can move forward with existing authorities while it awaits congressional action. Paul Atkins’ first public event as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was a crypto roundtable on Friday, where ...
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  (28) Crypto AI tokens surge 34%, why ChatGPT is such a kiss-ass: AI Eye - The crypto AI sector grew by more than one-third in the past two weeks, robot butlers are here, and how ChatGPT could save your life. byAndrew Fenton8 minApril 24, 2025 Crypto AI rises again The crypto AI sector is showing signs of life, with the combined market cap increasing by more than one-third in the past two weeks. The sector soared to a combined market cap of $70.42 billion back in mid-January and just as quickly plummeted back to earth, bottoming out at $21.46 billion on April 9, according to CoinMarketCap. It’s now back at $28.8 billion, with much of the growth in the past week. Near gained 26% in the past seven days, Render is up 23%, the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance gained 36%, and Bittensor surged 47%. (That said, even Ether gained 14% this week, so everything has been going up.) The AI crypto sector’s outperformance came hot on the heels of a CoinGecko report on April 17 that f...
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