Blend | On-chain Bank for EDU🧡

🌟 Big News at Blend! 🌟 We’re excited to share that Blend has successfully closed a seed round, backed by leading investors: @MarioNawfal , @ibcgroupio and @HackQuest_ Community Fund. 🎉 But that’s just the beginning! We’re proud to have been selected for the prestigious @opencampus_xyz Accelerator powered by @animocabrands x @HackQuest_ , along with being part of the BTC Studio led by @ThreeDAOspace x @waterdripfund . 🚀 These strategic partnerships are accelerating our mission to transform the DeFi space, pushing the boundaries of innovation in BTCFi. The future of decentralized finance starts now—join us on this transformative journey! #BTCFi #DeFi #Crypto #Web3 #Blockchain

Merry Christmas from Open Campus 🎄 Grateful for our global community building a more open, accessible education system together. Here’s to learning, opportunity, and progress in the year ahead.

🌞 Blend’s Yuzu Heatwave Season has officially completed on @educhain_xyz ! This season marked a major step in bringing on-chain lending, learning, and community engagement together in one unified experience. 🌴 More seasons, more rewards, and even bigger ecosystem integrations are coming soon. #Blend #YuzuSeason #EDUChain #DeFi

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Most of CT dismisses fintech or doesn't even know about it But fintech is trying to solve the exact problems crypto is tackling now I built a fintech lending platform in Singapore in 2018, which is still running But crypto could actually improve this business by a large margin The problem is that lending is a local business. You need local banking licenses, local credit data, local collections, local legal enforcement We launched in Singapore and expanded to Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia Each country meant rebuilding the entire stack. New licenses took 18 months, and came with new partnerships, new risk models, new everything Cost to expand: $5M per country Crypto changes this because the infrastructure is global by default. EDU Chain runs the same smart contracts in Philippines as Singapore. The only local piece is fiat off-ramps, and those are getting easier every month. A student in Manila can access the same loan products as someone in Singapore, funded by the same global liquidity pool, secured by the same onchain credentials. All of this in one single ecosystem.

@hanshanhk next chapter.

Where are we sailing to next chat

We're on a voyage, hunting new liquidity for $EDU. The first beast will be onboarded soon. But there's more than one fish in the sea.

Well put. If you take a long-term view on DeFi and want to handle trillions in active loans, serving 8 billion humans, the curator model is obviously the only way. A DAO-managed lending pool might work for a few billion, but it is just one curator among others.

Balancer hack been unfortunate, very diligent and talented team. Hope the team recovers from the event and continues to innovate in DeFi.

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Yuzu: Heatwave wraps today! 🌶️ A huge thank-you to every builder, dApp, and community member who kept the energy high all season. Final allocations and end-of-season details arrive later in November. The next chapter is already taking shape.

DeFi is a multi-trillion dollar opportunity.

@opencampus_xyz @tether @sortedwallet Education for everyone.

Access to education should not depend on geography. Yet, across Africa millions of talented students lack the resource to reach their potential. Open Campus is partnering with @tether and @sortedwallet to change that.

We're expanding the reach of education finance with new partners. More students will get the support they need, in places where impact matters most. Another step towards making EduFi truly global is just around the corner.

We're proud to announce that @hsg_cap are enrolled in our vision. They are one of the earliest supporters of our mission to bring education on-chain.

@hanshanhk just the beginning.

Backed by the best.

@jonahlau_ just the beginning.

Everyone backing EDU believes crypto should create real-world impact, not just enrich early holders. If you think Web3 can help billions of people, you have to believe in projects solving actual problems. Education financing is just the begining.

@opencampus_xyz @animocabrands @yzilabs @hsg_cap @caladanxyz Backed by the best.

We just closed a $5M strategic fundraise. Together with our investors @animocabrands @yzilabs @hsg_cap & @caladanxyz, we’re building the future of education, on-chain. Institutional capital is betting big on blockchain’s role in education. ↴