{"id":2357,"date":"2017-12-22T01:57:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T01:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2017-12-23T23:59:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T23:59:08","slug":"salt-lending-platform-accepts-wax-tokens-collateral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/salt-lending-platform-accepts-wax-tokens-collateral\/","title":{"rendered":"SALT Lending Platform Accepts WAX Tokens as Collateral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/salt-lending.jpg\" alt=\"SALT Lending Platform\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2391\" \/>Following the successful token generation event, <a href=\"https:\/\/wax.io\/\">WAX<\/a> &#8211; a decentralized platform facilitating the creation of a fully functional virtual marketplace with absolutely nil investment in infrastructure, payment processing, or security &#8211; announced that it will use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saltlending.com\/\">SALT platform<\/a> to allow WAX tokens to be used as collateral for cash loans.<\/p>\n<p>SALT, an acronym for Secure Automated Lending Technology, is a platform which facilitates users to <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/articles\/options-borrowing-and-lending-cryptocurrency-are-rise\/\">get a loan against digital assets<\/a> such as Bitcoin, and Ether, among others, without a need to sell them.<\/p>\n<p>WAX token holders will be able to hold their crypto currencies, gaming skins, and digital collectibles, while receiving cash loans on the SALT platform. Investors also get a opportunity to lend against a high-growth asset class in a secure manner. The innovative SALT platform also ensures that loans are fully collateralized.<\/p>\n<p>WAX was created by top virtual goods marketplace <a href=\"https:\/\/opskins.com\/\">OPSkins<\/a>. Notably, anyone from any corner of the globe can host their own virtual marketplace for a low fee. It was basically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/casinos\">designed to serve about 400 million gamers<\/a> who trade game items. The platform relies on block chain technology to verify and record a transaction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WAX_io<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gis-rlnVIjk?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Shawn Owen, CEO of SALT<\/strong> said<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWAX is a groundbreaking project and we\u2019re excited to welcome them as an early user of SALT. We created SALT to provide traditional loans secured by non-traditional collateral, and WAX is the perfect example of a community that can benefit from this.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Malcolm CasSelle, President of WAX and CIO of OPSkins<\/strong> said<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c36,000 participants joined the WAX token generation event, many of them first-time cryptocurrency users. We\u2019re committed to providing the WAX community the best possible experience, and SALT helps us achieve this\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in September, Bitcoin and digital asset wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exodus.io\/\">Exodus<\/a> started supporting asset token SALT. Exodus users can send, receive, and exchange all crypto currencies, supported by Exodus, for SALT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the successful token generation event, WAX &#8211; a decentralized platform facilitating the creation of a fully functional virtual marketplace with absolutely nil investment in infrastructure, payment processing, or security &#8211; announced that it will use the SALT platform to allow WAX tokens to be used as collateral for cash loans. 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