According to Ledn, Bitcoin-backed loans could generate a 1 trillion dollar market in the coming decades.
Ledn is not a disinterested source, but the research it has published was conducted together with Protocol Theory, therefore it is worth analyzing.
After all, using Bitcoin as collateral for a loan seems to make perfect sense, so the conclusions reached by this research could be interesting.
The research
The research published by Ledn is a PDF of only seven pages whose objective is to quantify the gap between the demand for cryptocurrency-backed loans and their actual adoption, and to identify the factors that are holding it back.
The document in fact reveals that there is a clear discrepancy in the crypto market between the theoretical predisposition to request loans and the actual use of such services.
For example, as many as 88% of cryptocurrency holders consider using a loan or a credit product to finance at least one planned purchase or investment, but only 1
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