ChainCatcher news, according to CryptoSlate, the Bank of Canada released an internal research discussion paper on March 21, analyzing flash loans and their policy relevance and potential risks. The research report defines flash loans as blockchain-native financial instruments that allow users to borrow crypto assets without collateral, provided that the loan must be repaid within a single atomic transaction.It is noteworthy that such internal discussion papers represent the central bank's comprehensive research outcomes on important issues and fall within the broad responsibilities of the Bank of Canada to assess the impact of emerging technologies on financial stability and market structure.Report author Jack Mandin points out that although flash loans are currently limited to blockchain networks, their underlying concept could extend to tokenized financial infrastructure if technical conditions are met. Such concepts include atomic risk-free lending, which could give rise to new systems supporting atomic transactions and programmable assets. The research also raises concerns about financial stability. If financial institutions begin to integrate smart contract lending, it could directly trigger risks.Furthermore, when blockchain assets (including those involved in flash loan activities) are embedded in traditional financial products (such as exchange-traded funds), it may create systemic risks.

ChainCatcher message, CertiK issued an alert that it detected an exploit incident involving flash loans and the NFT market. The suspicious transaction contains complex logical operations on a certain protocol. CertiK stated that the impact of this incident is the exploitation of NFT market logic, but it will not directly deplete funds. Projects with delegated quoting logic should remain vigilant and check access permissions and validation checks.

ChainCatcher news, according to OnchainLens monitoring, due to the continuous market decline, a whale sold 432 WBTC at a price of $77,030, exchanging it for 33.27 million USDT to repay a loan.The whale still has 100.28 WBTC (worth 7.7 million dollars) as collateral on Aave V3, borrowing 3.74 million dollars, with a health factor rising to 1.61.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, "the 'whale' holding 56,995 ETH is on the verge of liquidation" sold 3,920 ETH for 5.77 million DAI and repaid the loan.Currently, the liquidation price for this whale has dropped to $1,495.17.

ChainCatcher message, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the originally "64,792 ETH near liquidation whale" has reduced its lending position to 56,995 ETH. Since the first wave of decline began yesterday morning, it has cumulatively sold 7,797.63 ETH and repaid 14.116 million DAI, with the most recent repayment occurring 50 minutes ago, currently lowering the liquidation price to $1,563.77.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, "64,800 ETH on the verge of liquidation whale" address has just exchanged 1.608 million USDT for DAI and partially repaid the loan, currently collateralizing a total of 64,792 ETH to borrow 66.51 million DAI; the liquidation amount has changed to $1,745, leaving nearly $40 of space before liquidation.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Gibraltar-based crypto-friendly bank Xapo Bank has announced the launch of a Bitcoin-backed USD loan service, with loan amounts up to $1 million.It is reported that a key difference of the Xapo Bitcoin loan product is that the bank does not require users to re-pledge the collateral for the loan, meaning its lending mechanism does not involve customers reusing BTC assets. Eligible Xapo customers can choose repayment terms of 30, 90, 180, or 365 days, and there are no penalties for early repayment.

ChainCatcher news, the lending protocol 3Jane tweeted the release of its white paper, which allows users to borrow with 0 collateral. The white paper indicates that 3Jane provides funding based on verifiable financial proofs rather than on-chain collateral.In addition, it utilizes zkTLS (zero-knowledge TLS) to connect on-chain and off-chain credit data for more accurate risk assessment. Bad loans are handled through on-chain auctions, with bids from U.S. debt collection agencies.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale's lending position of 65,675 ETH (worth 135.8 million USD) on Maker is on the brink of liquidation. Its health rate is only 1.05, and the liquidation price is 1,931.83 USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Reuters, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that at this stage, El Salvador's purchase of Bitcoin does not violate the terms of the loan agreement signed earlier, but discussions on this matter will be held.It is reported that El Salvador reached a $1.4 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund in January this year, which required the country to abandon the adoption of Bitcoin and cancel Bitcoin's legal tender status. However, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele stated that despite the IMF's requests, the El Salvadoran government will not stop purchasing Bitcoin.Bitcoin analyst John Dennehy revealed that the agreement between El Salvador and the IMF was approved on January 29 and published in the official gazette the next day, but the effective date is April 30.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance VIP loans have added MyShell (SHELL) as a loanable asset. Users can refer to VIP loans to check the latest interest rates and the complete list of loanable and collateral assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to data from IntoTheBlock, since the large-scale liquidation event on February 3, high-risk loans on the Aave mainnet have decreased by nearly $1 billion, and the amount of liquidations has also significantly declined.It is worth noting that the current market volatility is more severe than in February, which theoretically should lead to more borrowers facing forced liquidations, but the actual liquidation amount has decreased significantly. This phenomenon can be partly attributed to previous forced liquidations, but a more important factor may be the overall shift in market sentiment. Many large holders have begun to adopt more cautious strategies, actively deleveraging to reduce risk exposure in response to potential price pressures and market uncertainty.

ChainCatcher news, according to a statement from Argo Blockchain, Argo signed a non-binding term sheet on February 25, 2025, planning to secure up to $40 million in senior secured convertible loan financing. The initial financing amount is $15 million, with subsequent financing potentially reaching up to $25 million over the next 18 months.The financing will be used to upgrade Argo's mining equipment in Baie Comeau, enhance the balance sheet, and evaluate a range of acquisition opportunities. The loan will be structured as a non-amortizing loan with an interest rate of approximately 8%, and it includes a conversion right at a 25% premium to the closing price on the day before the final agreement is signed.

ChainCatcher message, Yuga Labs co-founder Greg Solano tweeted that someone used a flash loan to fake a bid in the Punks market.Previously, CryptoPunks Bot tweeted that the new bid for Punk 5822 is 8,888 ETH ($19,587,819.67), made by 0xe62ae5.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, 20 minutes ago, Bybit returned 47,800 ETH (approximately 113.97 million USD) supported by "institutions/whales withdrawing from Binance." Previously, a total of 4 institutions/individuals provided Bybit with a loan support of 120,000 ETH.Bybit has now repaid 40,000 ETH to Bitget and 47,800 ETH to the "institutions/whales withdrawing from Binance." There are still 12,652 stETH from MEXC and 20,000 ETH from the address 0x327...45b pending repayment.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, Bybit has returned 40,000 ETH to Bitget to repay a previous loan.

According to ChainCatcher news and monitoring by Yu Jing, currently, 5 institutions and individuals have provided loan support to Bybit, totaling approximately 120,000 ETH, worth about 321 million USD. Specifically, this includes:Bitget providing 40,000 ETH (approximately 106 million USD);An institution or whale withdrawing from Binance providing 11,800 ETH (approximately 31.02 million USD);MEXC providing 12,652 stETH (approximately 33.75 million USD);Binance or another institution/whale withdrawing from Binance providing 36,000 ETH (approximately 96.54 million USD);Address 0x327...45b providing 20,000 ETH (approximately 53.70 million USD).

ChainCatcher message, in response to the community rumor that "Binance is providing ETH loans to Bybit," Binance founder Zhao Changpeng stated that these are user trading activities, and it is possible that some whale investors are providing loans to Bybit, and Binance cannot take credit for this.

ChainCatcher news, according to Ember monitoring, 5 hours ago, Bitget supported Bybit with a loan of 40,000 ETH ($105.9 million) to cope with the withdrawal surge following the recent ETH theft. These ETH were transferred directly from Bitget to Bybit's cold wallet address.

ChainCatcher message, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou shared in a live broadcast: "Currently, we will not purchase Ethereum, and we are considering obtaining bridge loans from partners to make up for the stolen funds, 80% has already been secured."