Cryptocurrency lenderNexo announced that loans secured by the form ofPAXG stable price gold. This became known to The Block.
Previously, only institutional clients of a company could take this opportunity.
ERC-20 PAXG token costs as much as onean ounce of gold and can be redeemed in exchange for a physical gold bar in partner organizations, for example, in New York Bullion Exchanges or London Brink’s.
“With Nexo and PAXG, a client can invest in physical gold and use PAXG as collateral, having received 70% of the investment amount in the form of a loan with an annual interest rate of 5.9% per annum,”- explained Nexo co-founder Anthony Trenchev.
According to Trenchev, in the context of the current increased volatility, demand for a new product turned out to be "phenomenal."
Customers, of whom there are 650 thousand in the company, can also use a deposit with an annual rate of up to 8% per annum.
Recall that earlier the CEO of the landing platform announced the forecast for Bitcoin to reach $ 50,000 this year.