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Xapo Bank Offers Bitcoin-Backed Loans Giving Access to $1M in Cash Without Selling BTC

Xapo Bank, a wealth manager for long-term holders of bitcoin, said it is offering its members BTC-backed loans of up to $1 million.
Crypto lending became something of a bête noire in recent years following a series of high profile collapses and bankruptcies that shook the crypto industry. But crypto-backed loans are now making a comeback, with companies such as U.S.-listed exchange Coinbase (COIN) reintroducing bitcoin-backed loans in January after withdrawing the service in 2023.
Xapo CEO Seamus Rocca stresses the difference between the company’s wealth-management service and what exchanges generally offer, which is geared towards trading.
“If an exchange is offering you secured lending, it’s to encourage leverage,” Rocca said in an interview. “And the moment you have leverage, unless you’re a professional investor — and even when you are a professional investor — the risk of losing money is very high. If you’re an exchange platform, you don’t really care about that. You’re just there to facilitate gambling.”
A conservative 20%-40% loan-to-value ratio safeguards customers’ bitcoin, said Xapo, whose Gibraltar-regulated banking license has been passported into the U.K. In effect, this means bitcoin would have to crash to under $40,000 from its current price for borrowers to be liquidated, Rocca said.
Xapo started out in 2013 as a wallet and custodian known for securing bitcoin in Swiss mountain bunkers, a very safe alternative to self-custody for long term holders of the largest cryptocurrency. Ether (ETH) was recently added.
When the firm began testing the water for bitcoin-backed lending, the average loan size was assumed to be around $50,000. It soon became clear some long term holders would like more: Those with the necessary $5 million or so of bitcoin collateral were looking for loans of $1 million. Xapo is able to arrange even larger loans on a case by case basis. The interest rate on the dollar is around 10%, Rocca said.
The main reasons someone might want to take a loan are to buy or upgrade a property, to buy a new car, followed by other miscellaneous needs.
“If you’re a bitcoin holder and you have conviction that the price of bitcoin is going to go up, selling any of it is difficult to do,” Rocca said. “But sometimes life gets in the way: You want to upgrade your kitchen, you have school fees to pay. Being able to draw down some liquidity on your bitcoin with someone that you trust is a very appealing product for our customer base.”
Xapo is offering repayment schedules of 30, 90, 180 or 365 days, with no penalties for early repayment, while a loan health tracker provides real-time insights into loan status and potential risks, the company said in a press release.
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Crypto Trading Firm Keyrock Buys Luxembourg’s Turing Capital in Asset Management Push

Crypto trading firm Keyrock said it’s expanding into asset and wealth management by acquiring Turing Capital, a Luxembourg-registered alternative investment fund manager.
The deal, announced on Tuesday, marks the launch of Keyrock’s Asset and Wealth Management division, a new business unit dedicated to institutional clients and private investors.
Keyrock, founded in Brussels, Belgium and best known for its work in market making, options and OTC trading, said it will fold Turing Capital’s investment strategies and Luxembourg fund management structure into its wider platform. The division will be led by Turing Capital co-founder Jorge Schnura, who joins Keyrock’s executive committee as president of the unit.
The company said the expansion will allow it to provide services across the full lifecycle of digital assets, from liquidity provision to long-term investment strategies. «In the near future, all assets will live onchain,» Schnura said, noting that the merger positions the group to capture opportunities as traditional financial products migrate to blockchain rails.
Keyrock has also applied for regulatory approval under the EU’s crypto framework MiCA through a filing with Liechtenstein’s financial regulator. If approved, the firm plans to offer portfolio management and advisory services, aiming to compete directly with traditional asset managers as well as crypto-native players.
«Today’s launch sets the stage for our longer-term ambition: bringing asset management on-chain in a way that truly meets institutional standards,» Keyrock CSO Juan David Mendieta said in a statement.
Read more: Stablecoin Payments Projected to Top $1T Annually by 2030, Market Maker Keyrock Says
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Crypto Trading Firm Keyrock Buys Luxembourg’s Turing Capital in Asset Management Push

Crypto trading firm Keyrock said it’s expanding into asset and wealth management by acquiring Turing Capital, a Luxembourg-registered alternative investment fund manager.
The deal, announced on Tuesday, marks the launch of Keyrock’s Asset and Wealth Management division, a new business unit dedicated to institutional clients and private investors.
Keyrock, founded in Brussels, Belgium and best known for its work in market making, options and OTC trading, said it will fold Turing Capital’s investment strategies and Luxembourg fund management structure into its wider platform. The division will be led by Turing Capital co-founder Jorge Schnura, who joins Keyrock’s executive committee as president of the unit.
The company said the expansion will allow it to provide services across the full lifecycle of digital assets, from liquidity provision to long-term investment strategies. «In the near future, all assets will live onchain,» Schnura said, noting that the merger positions the group to capture opportunities as traditional financial products migrate to blockchain rails.
Keyrock has also applied for regulatory approval under the EU’s crypto framework MiCA through a filing with Liechtenstein’s financial regulator. If approved, the firm plans to offer portfolio management and advisory services, aiming to compete directly with traditional asset managers as well as crypto-native players.
«Today’s launch sets the stage for our longer-term ambition: bringing asset management on-chain in a way that truly meets institutional standards,» Keyrock CSO Juan David Mendieta said in a statement.
Read more: Stablecoin Payments Projected to Top $1T Annually by 2030, Market Maker Keyrock Says
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Gemini Shares Slide 6%, Extending Post-IPO Slump to 24%

Gemini Space Station (GEMI), the crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has seen its shares tumble by more than 20% since listing on the Nasdaq last Friday.
The stock is down around 6% on Tuesday, trading at $30.42, and has dropped nearly 24% over the past week. The sharp decline follows an initial surge after the company raised $425 million in its IPO, pricing shares at $28 and valuing the firm at $3.3 billion before trading began.
On its first day, GEMI spiked to $45.89 before closing at $32 — a 14% premium to its offer price. But since hitting that high, shares have plunged more than 34%, erasing most of the early enthusiasm from public market investors.
The broader crypto equity market has remained more stable. Coinbase (COIN), the largest U.S. crypto exchange, is flat over the past week. Robinhood (HOOD), which derives part of its revenue from crypto, is down 3%. Token issuer Circle (CRCL), on the other hand, is up 13% over the same period.
Part of the pressure on Gemini’s stock may stem from its financials. The company posted a $283 million net loss in the first half of 2025, following a $159 million loss in all of 2024. Despite raising fresh capital, the numbers suggest the business is still far from turning a profit.
Compass Point analyst Ed Engel noted that GEMI is currently trading at 26 times its annualized first-half revenue. That multiple — often used to gauge whether a stock is expensive — means investors are paying 26 dollars for every dollar the company is expected to generate in sales this year. For a loss-making company in a volatile sector, that’s a steep price, and could be fueling investor skepticism.
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