Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

We made Bitcoin history today! - Ledn issued the world’s first bitcoin-backed ABS bond! - First-ever investment grade rating on a bitcoin product by S&P - Over 2X oversubscribed A truly transformative transaction for @hodlwithLedn and the lending industry. Onwards!

@elsultanbitcoin @frankcorva @TheBitcoinConf @luxor @JraissatiJorge Se armó el team Venezuela entonces

@frankcorva @cryptonomista @TheBitcoinConf @luxor @JraissatiJorge Let me know if you guys would like to come happy to add you to our list. Few seats left!

13 years ago I mined Bitcoin at home in Venezuela to protect my family's wealth and escape a broken system. Today our country is reopening itself to the world. And the opportunity is bigger than most people realize. We have 36 GW of installed capacity, while historical peak national demand was 17 GW. We're also flaring away over $2B worth of gas across the Orinoco Belt. Last week, OFAC issued license 48A, allowing American companies to generate, distribute, store, and sell electricity in Venezuela. This is signal that American Bitcoin mining companies can enter the market! Miners, private capital, no state debt, zero new sovereign borrowing can help us finance, balance and rebuild our National Electrical System (SEN). We also have the potential of importing @CrusoeAI's model to monetize Venezuela's stranded gas. I'll be on the Energy Stage at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas talking about exactly this: how Bitcoin mining can monetize wasted energy across emerging markets, stabilize broken grids, and generate hard dollar revenue for countries that need it most, like Venezuela. Venezuela is the case study I know personally. The door is open. The licenses exist. The energy is there. The only question is who moves first... Bitcoin mining will come back to Venezuela!

Global liquidity drives everything. @AndreasSteno joined @cryptonomista to break down the macro cycle, where Bitcoin fits, and why 2027 could be the inflation year to watch. Tune in: ow.ly/19KL50Yx1xe

@paoloardoino Congratulations @paoloardoino and team!

Tether signs engagement with a Big 4 Firm for its first Full Audit ❤️

We've been publishing our books every month. How many other lenders can say that?

@EricBalchunas Sorry for your loss Eric 💜

Back today after being out of commission for a while. I lost my dad about 10 days ago. We were close. I knew the day would come, he was declining health-wise, but it didn't soften the blow. But he lived a full life and we spent good time together recently and that is comforting.

Big week ahead! Catch all the details in this week’s Bitcoin Economic calendar! We could also get an update on the CLARITY Act

Ledn's CEO @adamreeds thinks Bitcoin will back your mortgage one day. "We put bitcoin in Fidelity as the custodian. So they're familiar with Fidelity as a name." "It was just Bitcoin as the asset that was new. And again they have the backup of S&P global that they can rely on." "We see this developing residential mortgages, where there's hundreds of billions of dollars happening every year." @hodlwithLedn @blockspace

@BTCStewardship @AnHonestNode Hey @BTCStewardship - we’ve been doing Bitcoin-backed loans since 2018 @hodlwithLedn. Always happy to help if you have any questions

I appreciate you sharing that with everyone. My wife and I have been doing some research into the different BTC loan options that are available and the best way to learn about them is from people who share their experiences. Have you tried any other lenders? Back in the day we used Blockfi for one. Thankfully we were in and out before the collapse. But, it still send tingles down my spine thinking about what using BTC as collateral, especially with the wrong company, could mean if things go wrong.

I experimented with a Bitcoin backed loan of $15 on Coinbase and I didn’t like it… Turns out when you lock up your Bitcoin as collateral and get USDC to spend you can’t sell your collateral to pay off the loan. Meaning, that you have to put more money in (the amount of the loan) to unlock your Bitcoin. So if you had $1 million of Bitcoin locked up as collateral and took out a $400,000 to spend on something else…. You’d have to put $400,000 of cash back into Coinbase to unlock the $1 million of Bitcoin. I thought you could just sell the collateral bitcoin and come out with $600,000 of Bitcoin and the loan paid off. I don’t like the process and the experiment was a failure. So I put more cash back in to unlock the $15 of Bitcoin collateral I had and took my BTC out of Bitcoin and back to the hardware wallet.

The week ahead: Monday: Australian Central bank expected to raise rates by +0.25%, to 4.1%. Canadian inflation data. Tuesday: SEC & CFTC Chairmen joint fireside chat at the DC Blockchain Summit Wednesday: Federal Reserve & Central Banks from Canada, Brazil, and Japan all expected to hold rates unchanged Thursday: European Central Bank, Bank of England, and Swiss Central Bank all expected to hold rates unchanged Friday Bitcoin Mining Difficulty expected to drop by -5.96% to 136.40T Loaded week! Catch all of the details in our Bitcoin Economic Calendar for the week of March 16th

Banks judge lending on income, not assets. For self-employed individuals or business owners with Bitcoin, this means being denied loans despite significant wealth. Ledn, however, offers true asset-backed lending, using your Bitcoin as collateral, not credit scores or pay stubs.

Investment grade bitcoin bonds are here. S&P rated. Two times oversubscribed. During a market drawdown. New episode of Final Settlement with @hodlwithLedn co-founder @cryptonomista on what this means for bitcoin lending, why most other players blew up, and how Ledn survived.

Tether didn't have to invest in Ledn. They chose to. @paoloardoino on why Tether invested in Ledn, and where bitcoin-backed lending goes from here. Watch the full episode: ow.ly/IlI050YmFrL

The week ahead: Monday: Inflation data from Mexico Wednesday: OPEC Monthly Oil Market report, U.S. Monthly Budget Statement & Inflation data Thursday: SEC Investor Advisory Committee meeting to discuss tokenization of equity securities Friday: Canadian unemployment rate. Get the full details in our Bitcoin Economic Calendar for the week of March 9th

@Mark81371726261 @hodlwithLedn Hi Mark! No, it’s not restricted to U.S. residents, it’s available internationally as well. You can check eligibility here and contact us via support@ledn.io if you have any questions help.ledn.io/hc/en-us/p/eli…

@hodlwithLedn is ledn restricted to US residents ?

In case you missed it: Ledn closed a $188M bitcoin-backed ABS rated BBB- on the senior notes under the offering by S&P. What it took: An intensive evaluation using the same rigorous analytical frameworks applied to traditional assets. Plus, 8 years of focus, durability, discipline, and systems that perform across all market cycles. cointelegraph.com/news/ledn-bitc…

@Kim71836123 @hodlwithLedn Thank you!

@cryptonomista @hodlwithLedn Congrats!!!

We made Bitcoin history today! - Ledn issued the world’s first bitcoin-backed ABS bond! - First-ever investment grade rating on a bitcoin product by S&P - Over 2X oversubscribed A truly transformative transaction for @hodlwithLedn and the lending industry. Onwards!

@TCGsealed @hodlwithLedn @FigureMarkets Here if you need anything @TCGsealed!

So I have decided my collectibles business will be using @hodlwithLedn So far the onboarding for my business has been much smoother than with @FigureMarkets

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Welcome back to The Bitcoin Treasuries Podcast. Today's guest is Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at @hodlwithLedn. We discuss Ledn's BBB Credit Rating, stress testing products, and how Ledn's business has grown over the years. Here's my conversation with @cryptonomista. 0:00 - Intro 0:12 - Ledn’s BBB Credit Rating 6:34 - What’s the downside risk of Ledn’s product? 8:16 - What questions does Mauricio get most often? 11:08 - The Stress Test 14:49 - Benefits of the credit rating 17:42 - Cadence of the ratings 18:48 - Mauricio’s background and journey to Bitcoin 21:41 - How the business has grown 27:00 - Where to reach out to Ledn online