Производителот на крипто-пазарот Auros неплаќа заем од 7.5 милиони долари од Maple Finance

Crypto market making firm Auros failed to make a payment on a $7.5 million stablecoin заем from uncollateralized lending platform Maple Finance, според security and analytics firm PeckShield.

Аурос поднесена for bankruptcy protection in the British Virgin Islands last month after losing access to about $20 million of funds it held on the collapsed crypto exchange FTX. A spokesman for Auros declined to comment on the Maple default. 

To date, Auros has defaulted on the required principal repayments on debt worth about $18 million across different Maple-based loans. Previously, Auros also missed repayments after it borrowed 8,400 wrapped ether (WETH) worth $10.8 million, според Истражување на блокови.

Maple Finance runs as a decentralized protocol that lets firms access loans without collateral. The platform has continued to suffer from contagion risk from the fallout related to the collapse of FTX. 

Auros not alone

Auros joins fellow market maker Orthogonal Trading in стандардно on a Maple Finance loan. Just like Auros, Orthogonal had funds frozen on FTX. 

“The fallout of FTX has caused an industry-wide credit crunch which has negatively impacted many market participants,” Истакна Arnold Toh, research analyst at The Block.

Recently, Maple ажурирани its protocol to a second version aimed at opening up the lending platform to a wider range of institutional borrowers, including those from outside the crypto industry. With the new update, called Maple 2.0, the team hopes to reduce the risks by diversifying the quality of borrowers using its platform.

Одрекување: Почнувајќи од 2021 година, Мајкл МекКафри, поранешен извршен директор и мнозински сопственик на The Block, зеде серија заеми од основачот и поранешен извршен директор на FTX и Alameda, Сем Банкмен-Фрид. МекКафри поднесе оставка од компанијата во декември 2022 година, откако не ги откри тие трансакции.

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