{"id":31440,"date":"2020-11-09T09:59:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T07:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=31440"},"modified":"2025-08-28T03:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T00:41:08","slug":"visa-backed-crypto-lending-platform-cred-files-for-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/visa-backed-crypto-lending-platform-cred-files-for-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa-backed crypto-lending platform Cred files for bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Visa-backed crypto-lending platform Cred, which joined the Visa ecosystem, began bankruptcy proceedings after fraud was detected. The company <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.donlinrecano.com\/Clients\/cred\/Index\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">filed<\/a> for bankruptcy in the state of Delaware on Saturday, 7 November.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cred valued its assets at $50-100 million, and its liabilities at $100-500 million. In a press release, the company noted that it filed the petition &#8220;in an effort to maximise value for creditors&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last two weeks, the native Cred token (LBA) fell from $0.016 to $0.0009.<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_115736\\\" style=\\\"width: 1034px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-115736\\\" class=\\\"size-large wp-image-115736\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-344-1024x361.png\\\" alt=\\\"Visa-backed crypto-lending platform Cred files for bankruptcy\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"361\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-344-1024x361.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-344-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-344-768x271.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-344.png 1197w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-115736\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/messari.io\/asset\/libra-credit\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">Messari<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier, Cred <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/cred-the-crypto-lending-platform-reports-loss-of-funds-due-to-fraud\">reported<\/a> violations in the management of certain corporate funds due to fraudulent activity. According to them, personal data and other user information were not affected.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">2\/2 We also want to acknowledge the concerns expressed about Cred being hacked. We can tell you that\u2019s not the case. No Cred systems, customer accounts, or customer information have been compromised.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cred (@ihaveCred) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ihaveCred\/status\/1321907669565730816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The company paused withdrawals and deposits. Later, the trading platform Uphold, whose clients used Cred to earn on their assets, said it would discontinue its cooperation with Cred.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in September, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/crypto-lending-platform-cred-joins-visas-fast-track-fintech-programme\">joined<\/a> Visa&#8217;s Fast Track programme.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Visa-backed crypto-lending platform Cred began bankruptcy proceedings after fraud was detected. The company filed for bankruptcy in Delaware on Saturday, 7 November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1300,1541,1154,1097],"class_list":["post-31440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bankruptcy","tag-cred","tag-crimes","tag-lending"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31442,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31440\/revisions\/31442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}