FROM NFTFI TO TRADFI ONCHAIN: Clutch Markets Partners With Liquidium To Bring "Securities Backed Lending" Onchain!

On Thursday, the NFT world watched as the once popular marketplace and lending platform Blur officially shut down its website. While many collectors were happy to see the platform go, its closure also left a void in the NFT lending economy as its Blend lending platform stopped matching new loans, ending a service collectors had long used to borrow against their digital assets.

With that, Clutch Markets announced an all new partnership with NFT lending platform Liquidium that starts with NFTFi and J-Pegs collectors and hopes to expand into a broader suite of onchain finance!

 

“Securities-backed lending is one of the most useful financial tools available to wealthy investors, and accessing it shouldn’t require a private bank, an enormous portfolio, or layers of paperwork,” Clutch Markets Founder 0xSimpleFarmer wrote in an X article. “We intend to be at the forefront of bringing these financial processes onchain, using peer-to-peer lending infrastructure to connect borrowers directly with liquidity providers, unlock capital against tokenized assets, and capture value in one of the most established sectors of traditional finance. Introducing StonkBrokers Lending, Powered by Liquidium”

 

With StonkBrokers Lending, Clutch Markets and Liquidium aim to give NFT collectors and, eventually, tokenized stock investors the ability to borrow against their digital assets without selling them!

For borrowers, that could means more liquidity while holding on to their favorite assets. For lenders, it means create new opportunities to earn interest by providing loans backed by blue chip NFTs and, eventually, tokenized shares of some of the world's biggest companies; all onchain!

 

“The goal isn’t simply to replace Blur,” 0xSimpleFarmer wrote. “It’s to move NFT lending beyond JPEG speculation and into a broader financial ecosystem where NFTs can represent collectibles, stock portfolios, and eventually future income streams.”

 

For now, collectors can check out Liquidium's existing lending platform and explore the terms currently being offered on various NFT collections:

https://app.liquidium.wtf/ethereum

The Gazette will continue to follow Clutch Markets and Liquidium as they work to bring their bring Securities backed lending onchain. Stay tuned for updates!