2 months ago
Ledn's $188M Bitcoin-Backed ABS Deal Enters US Bond Market
The Bitcoin lender reportedly packaged thousands of Bitcoin-backed consumer loans into rated bonds, giving investors a new way to take crypto‑linked risk without holding BTC.
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Bitcoin-backed loan platform Ledn sold about $188 million of bonds tied to Bitcoin‑collateralized consumer loans into the mainstream ******* et‑backed securities (ABS) market, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
In a first-of-its-kind deal, one of the two tranches — the investment‑grade p
The Bitcoin lender reportedly packaged thousands of Bitcoin-backed consumer loans into rated bonds, giving investors a new way to take crypto‑linked risk without holding BTC.
COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED
Bitcoin-backed loan platform Ledn sold about $188 million of bonds tied to Bitcoin‑collateralized consumer loans into the mainstream ******* et‑backed securities (ABS) market, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
In a first-of-its-kind deal, one of the two tranches — the investment‑grade p
5 months ago
How police unknowingly found, then captured, escaped 'Slender Man' attacker
The day after Morgan Geyser cut off her ankle monitor and fled her group home, Illinois police unknowingly found her crouched against a wall at a truck stop two hours away Sunday night.
Huddled next to her friend, Geyser told officers that she was worried about being separated from 43-year-old Chad Mecca, who was shaking from the cold and occasionally struggling to speak. The pair evaded questions about their identity as Geyser told officers that she had done “something really wrong.”
Geyser, 23, later “suggested
The day after Morgan Geyser cut off her ankle monitor and fled her group home, Illinois police unknowingly found her crouched against a wall at a truck stop two hours away Sunday night.
Huddled next to her friend, Geyser told officers that she was worried about being separated from 43-year-old Chad Mecca, who was shaking from the cold and occasionally struggling to speak. The pair evaded questions about their identity as Geyser told officers that she had done “something really wrong.”
Geyser, 23, later “suggested
5 months ago
Escaped 'Slender Man' attacker faces return to mental facility after arrest
A woman who stabbed her friend to appease a fictional internet character named “Slender Man” more than a decade ago waived her right to an extradition hearing on Tuesday after she fled a group home in Madison, Wis., and was found by police outside a truck stop south of Chicago.
Morgan Geyser, 23, was taken into custody by police in Posen, Ill., on Sunday night, a day after cutting off her GPS monitoring bracelet and leaving her group home in Madison, where she had been living since a judge granted her conditional r
A woman who stabbed her friend to appease a fictional internet character named “Slender Man” more than a decade ago waived her right to an extradition hearing on Tuesday after she fled a group home in Madison, Wis., and was found by police outside a truck stop south of Chicago.
Morgan Geyser, 23, was taken into custody by police in Posen, Ill., on Sunday night, a day after cutting off her GPS monitoring bracelet and leaving her group home in Madison, where she had been living since a judge granted her conditional r
5 months ago
By Elena Fabrichnaya and Gleb Bryanski
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Artificial intelligence will bestow vast influence on a par with nuclear weapons to those countries who are able to lead the technology, giving them superiority in the 21st Century, one of Russia's top AI executive told Reuters.
Alexander Vedyakhin, First Deputy CEO of Sberbank, which has evolved from a traditional lender into a technology conglomerate focused on AI, said it was an achievement that Russia ranks among seven countries with home-grown AI technologies.
"AI is like a nuclear project. A new 'nuclear club' is emerging glob
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Artificial intelligence will bestow vast influence on a par with nuclear weapons to those countries who are able to lead the technology, giving them superiority in the 21st Century, one of Russia's top AI executive told Reuters.
Alexander Vedyakhin, First Deputy CEO of Sberbank, which has evolved from a traditional lender into a technology conglomerate focused on AI, said it was an achievement that Russia ranks among seven countries with home-grown AI technologies.
"AI is like a nuclear project. A new 'nuclear club' is emerging glob
5 months ago
'Slender Man' ******* ailant captured at truck stop after nationwide manhunt
Morgan Geyser, who in 2014 stabbed a friend 19 times to appease the fictional character "Slender Man," was located Sunday night after she allegedly cut off her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet and left a Wisconsin group home where she had been a resident, authorities said.
Geyser was taken into custody in Posen, Illinois, police confirmed to ABC News.
Before being located, Geyser was last seen in Madison around 8 p.m. on Saturday with an adult acquaintance, police said in a statement posted on social
Morgan Geyser, who in 2014 stabbed a friend 19 times to appease the fictional character "Slender Man," was located Sunday night after she allegedly cut off her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet and left a Wisconsin group home where she had been a resident, authorities said.
Geyser was taken into custody in Posen, Illinois, police confirmed to ABC News.
Before being located, Geyser was last seen in Madison around 8 p.m. on Saturday with an adult acquaintance, police said in a statement posted on social
5 months ago
Public worries over the world of private debt have forced major lender Blue Owl Capital (OWL) to scrap plans to give a clear way out to shareholders in one of its private funds.
The situation draws more scrutiny to the opaque world of private debt, which has boomed in recent years — and is now gradually making its way into millions of American brokerage and retirement accounts.
New York-based Blue Owl, one of the nation's largest private lenders, called off a planned merger on Thursday that would have combined two of its debt funds — a smaller private fund ($1.7 billion) and a larger public
The situation draws more scrutiny to the opaque world of private debt, which has boomed in recent years — and is now gradually making its way into millions of American brokerage and retirement accounts.
New York-based Blue Owl, one of the nation's largest private lenders, called off a planned merger on Thursday that would have combined two of its debt funds — a smaller private fund ($1.7 billion) and a larger public
