Coinbase Launches USDC Loans Up to $100K Against XRP, DOGE, ADA, LTC
Coinbase now allows users to borrow up to $100,000 in USDC against XRP, DOGE, ADA, and LTC without liquidating their positions, CEO Brian Armstrong said, adding momentum is building toward passing a crypto market structure bill. Former U.S. President Donald Trump claimed tariffs have cut the trade deficit by 78% and could swing to a surplus this year, while Trump-backed World Liberty Financial plans to tokenize Trump International Hotel & Resort, Maldives in partnership with Securitize and Dar Global. Altcoins face historic pressure with 13 consecutive months of net spot selling on centralized exchanges and limited institutional demand, as Google searches for "Bitcoin going to zero" now exceed levels seen during the 2022 bear market. OpenAI and Paradigm released EVMbench, a benchmark for AI-based smart contract vulnerability detection, while Base is transitioning from the OP Stack to a unified stack, the XRP Ledger introduced a members-only DEX for regulated financial institutions, and the European Central Bank aims to launch a digital euro by mid-2029 with a pilot planned for 2027.