Pawnfi.com Raises $3M to Launch the First Liquidity Protocol for Non-Standard Assets
Pawnfi.com (Pawnfi) has announced the closure of a $3M strategic funding round. The investment round was led by Digital Currency Group (DCG) and also included Animoca Brands, Dapper Labs, Polygon, DeFi Alliance, Hashkey Capital, Everest Venture Group, SNZ, and 6Block.
Matthew Beck, Director of Investments at DCG, had this to say about the project: “DCG is proud to be an early investor in Pawnfi.com. Pawnfi’s decentralized liquidity protocol can activate vibrant borrowing and lending markets for non-standard crypto assets, including NFTs — driving improved capital efficiency and greater value to these markets and the creator economy.”
Yat Siu, Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Animoca Brands, added, “Animoca Brands is excited to back Pawnfi.com. With its innovative interlocking blocks of ‘Pawn+Lease+Sale’, we expect to see more NFT assets unleash their liquidity as they take advantage of the potential on Pawnfi.
Pawnfi.com launched a closed beta to strategic investors, GameFi partners, and NFT KOLs in December 2020. Using the feedback obtained, it has now completed key iterations and innovatively put forward solutions for the fair value, liquidity, and risk control of NSAs.
Pawnfi EVM version supports ETH, BSC, Polygon, Arbitrum, and Moonbeam chains. Additionally, it will allow cross-chain integration on Flow and other chains to ensure an improved and holistic user experience. Pawnfi will maintain the momentum on product development, white-list assets, multi-chain network support, and other innovative functions, delivering weekly iterations.
Speaking about the long-term prospects of the project, Pawnfi Founder and CEO Wesley Kayne stated, “The NSA market that Pawnfi addresses is significantly larger than the current NFT market. Specifically, the liquidity and user base will be many times higher than that of standard assets as the metaverse is gaining momentum. We will keep our edge in the scale of assets that Pawnfi covers and continue to put forward innovative functions.”
About Pawnfi
Pawnfi.com is a brand-new lending and leasing marketplace to provide fair appraisal, liquidity, and use cases for non-standard assets (NSAs). Pawnfi has achieved the divestiture of asset ownership, use rights, and earning rights within the product in an innovative way so that asset holders and users can maximize capital efficiency. Compared with other lending protocols in the industry, Pawnfi can provide a wider range of asset support, a more flexible loan portfolio, and more diversified asset realization solutions. For information visit https://pawnfi.com/.
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