Blockchain-Based Private Credit Rebounds in Crypto With 55% Jump in 2023

More companies are tapping blockchain-based private credit as they hunt for financing in a world of elevated interest rates, sparking a partial revival in a sector that slumped amid last year’s crypto crisis.
Active private loans via digital ledgers are up 55% since the start of 2023 to about $408 million as of Nov. 28, according to RWA.xyz, a platform that tracks the debt. That’s still lower than a near $1.5 billion peak last June — and a fraction of the booming $1.6 trillion traditional market for private credit.