Bitcoin News
By James Thorp
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How the Partial Liquidation Mechanic Actually Works. Here's the basic flow. A borrower misses an interest payment or hits maturity without settling up.
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Why Crypto Borrowers Have Been Burned Before. Crypto lending has had a rough few years. Rapid collateral liquidations during sharp market…
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What's Still Missing From the Announcement. The specifics are thin. Strike has made clear what the product does mechanically — partial…
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Strike just launched a bitcoin loan product built around one idea: stop borrowers from losing everything the moment markets turn ugly.
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The core pitch is simple. Most crypto loans work like a hair trigger — miss a payment or watch your collateral value slip below a threshold, and the platform liquidates your…
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The grace period is a pretty meaningful piece of this. Crypto markets move fast — sometimes violently fast over a weekend when no one's watching.
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Strike hasn't disclosed the exact length of that grace period. Interest rates are also still undisclosed.
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Crypto lending has had a rough few years. Rapid collateral liquidations during sharp market downturns have wiped out borrowers who, in many cases, had every intention of meeting…
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Related: New Hampshire Eyes $100M Bitcoin Bond Deal Needing Governor Ayottes Sign-Off
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Strike's product seems aimed directly at that group. People who want exposure to liquidity against their bitcoin holdings but can't stomach the idea of a flash crash turning into…
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And it's not a niche concern. Bitcoin's price history is full of 20%, 30%, even 40% drops over short timeframes.
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The company's broader strategy here seems to be differentiation in a crowded space. Crypto lending isn't new — there are established players, some of which have had very public…
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The specifics are thin. Strike has made clear what the product does mechanically — partial liquidation, grace period, borrower flexibility — but the numbers that would let a…
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That's probably intentional to some degree. Companies often roll out product concepts before finalizing terms, especially when they're watching market reaction.
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Borrowers who've been around long enough will want to know: how partial is partial? If 80% of collateral gets liquidated in a "partial" scenario, that's not meaningfully…
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