Coinbase Scraps Plans for Crypto Lending Program
Sep 21, 2021
Coinbase Global Inc announced in a blog post that its plan to create an interest-bearing USD Coin (USDC) lending program has been canceled.
The move comes only days after US regulators threatened to sue Coinbase if it continued to offer a scheme that allows customers to earn interest by lending digital currencies.
"As we continue our work to seek regulatory clarity for the crypto industry as a whole, we've made the difficult decision not to launch the USDC APY program," Coinbase's blog post said.
USDC is a stablecoin that is pegged to the U.S. dollar and can be redeemed for $1 on a one-to-one basis.
The crypto exchange also said it has discontinued the waitlist for its USDC APY (annual percentage yield) program, a high-yield alternative to traditional savings accounts that would have paid lenders of USDC to Coinbase a 4% APY.
Coinbase, which said it has seen a rise in crypto interest account in recent times, had been planning to offer a principal guarantee to lenders of USDC in their Coinbase account.
It added that a 4% APY on USDC would provide a customer eight times the national average on high-yield savings accounts, based on a Bankrate.com survey of U.S. savings accounts in June 2021.
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