NFT Lending Platform Astaria Raises $8 Million in Seed Funding

Non-fungible token (NFT) lending platform and liquidity engine Astaria has raised $8 million in seed funding to build during the bear.

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The round included True Ventures, Arrington Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Wintermute, Genesis Trading, LedgerPrime, Hypersphere Ventures, The LAO and many others. (Genesis is a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which also owns CoinDesk.)

Astaria allows users to put up their NFTs as collateral to earn instant liquidity. According to co-founder and CEO Justin Bram, the recent dip in NFT sales followed by signals of a bear market makes Astaria's services attractive for NFT owners looking to earn passive income on their digital assets.

"We're very bullish on NFTs and bringing real assets in the future,"Bram said."Over the next three to five years our hope is that we will expand well beyond art-based NFTs and profile picture NFTs."

The market for NFT lending services has grown over the past year, with companies such as NFTfi and Arcade providing peer-to-peer lending services. Astaria plans to use the funding round to expand its current eight-person team. He says the platform's public launch could come as early as September.

Source: CoinDesk