Six Loans Defaulted in a Day
sean3.eth Labor Day weekend wasn't so great. All 6 .eth-backed loans that were due on September 3rd defaulted. That takes my streak to 9 defaults in a row with 3 more…
That ENS User’s Wallet Balance Might Not Be Real
If I wanted to leave a big impression and I showed you my profile on Coinbase, would you think I was a billionaire? That is a legit screenshot of my…
Borrower Broke? That ENS Loan May Be Headed Toward Default
A trend is beginning to emerge in my journey to learn about loans against .eth names. Borrowers that end up in default have typically had no funds on hand at…
.eth Loans That Have Defaulted
A new post on the semi-private eth.loan forum purports to show off all the loans over the last year that have defaulted. My guess is that the data came from…
The Book Value of a .eth Name
If I paid to register a 4-letter .eth name today for 1 year's worth of time and then turned around and sent it to my friend, how much would the…
The Loan Paid Off But The Value of Ethereum Dropped
The first loan I ever made on Teller paid off today. The terms had been generous, a .2 weth 30-day loan at only 1% APR against the name makerlee.eth as…
Oh you have an ENS? Let me go check you out
I conducted a little poll on X to find out what people do when they discover that someone important has a .eth name. You've just discovered that a very high…
NFT Loans Rocket Past $3 Billion Cumulatively
According to MetaStreet's Dune Dashboard, the ethereum NFT lending market has soared past $3 billion. The dashboard says it pulls data from: NFTfi, Arcade, X2Y2, BendDAO, Paraspace, JPEG'd, Drops, Pine,…
Business Loans Secured By Domain Names Coming Soon?
Small businesses unable to get a loan from a bank may have a new option at their disposal in the not-to-distant future, putting up their domain name as collateral. While…
Unstoppable Domains Implements Affiliate Marketing Option in Profiles
A week after I theorized that .eth names could be monetized by placing affiliate links or ads in the ENS profile manager and enabling that data to reach across potentially…