$8LNDS Is Available for Purchase! 🤩

However, the purchase opportunity is limited. Here's how it works:

In the $8LNDS Token section on our website, users can not only sell their tokens but also buy new ones. The amount available for purchase is tied to your investments in projects.

❗️ You can buy tokens in the amount of up to 6% of the total investment you have made in projects.

When you enter the amount you want to spend, the platform will show the estimated amount of $8LNDS you will receive.

🦄 All purchases are executed through the Uniswap liquidity pool, which means every purchase contributes to increasing the token price.

Example:

If you invested 10,000 USDC, you'll receive:

🔘 6% of your investment in $8LNDS tokens, which will be unlocked weekly over a 10-month period (Proof of Loan).
🔘 6% quota (600 USDC worth) to buy more 8LNDS tokens immediately, with no vesting.

How do you like this feature? Have you already bought some $8LNDS?

Let us know in the comments! 🗯️

AI: The Most Beautiful Bubble of Our Aeon ✨

In 2025, AI swallowed almost 50% of the global venture market, about $202 billion. In 2024, it was 34%. Many believe this is the future. The next technological revolution.

So, let’s break it all down 👇

🔘 “AI” adds +300 to your valuation

In 2024, venture investments in AI exceeded $100 billion, growing 80% in a single year. About one-third of all venture capital moved into AI.

At the same time, many so-called AI-fintech products are just collections of AI agents running predefined prompts, while users pay monthly for something they could easily build themselves.

📢 Veteran venture capitalist Alan Patricof, an early investor in companies such as Apple, said this:

Everybody is rushing to put AI at the end of their name or brand to make a marketing effect. Some indication that they're playing in this game that, like everybody else. So we've seen not just Google but whether it's Microsoft or Apple or hundreds of other companies that are pouring lots of money in, and when you have that happen, there are going to be winners and losers, and probably fewer winners and a lot more losers.

🔘 And who are going to be the winners?

The real winners are likely to be Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, Nvidia, and Apple. Because they've already invested more than $1.6 trillion into AI, which is more than the cost of building the atomic bomb, landing humans on the Moon, and the 75,550 km US interstate highway network.

They’re building data centers, chips, energy infrastructure, and computing capacity. In other words, real assets that generate real cash flow. The rest is mostly marketing.

🔘 The market loves the AI narrative.

The S&P 500 crossed the 7,000-point mark for the first time, driven by unrelenting optimism over AI and expectations of strong Big Tech earnings as well as monetary policy easing.

The further it goes, the more AI startups come to us asking for funds to scale. But once we start the audit, we see that there are no real collateral, no clear data, and no results. Only speculation over the AI narrative.

We work differently, we build a business with our own hands, we ask difficult questions, we say "no" and explain the reasons.

Because investors' money has to be in real deals, helping scale real businesses, but not popular narratives.

The Story of a Borrower: BPM LTD DOOEL 🇲🇰

This is the first business from Macedonia that we’ve listed on 8lends, and the fact that we’re scaling globally makes our team genuinely happy, and we hope you feel the same!

Before we get into how we met, let us jog your memory about the company itself: BPM LTD DOOEL Skopje is a B2B food trading and distribution company based in Skopje, North Macedonia.

They source food products in one country and sell them to businesses in another, managing the entire process in between. Their focus is South-East Europe, a region where logistics isn’t just about moving goods, but about speed, temperature control, and getting the paperwork right.

Now let's dive into the story 👇

By the end of 2025, their team reached out to Aleksandr Lang (Co-Founder of Maclear AG). They were looking for funding to scale their operations, initially considering Maclear. As always, we asked them to send documents that would tell us more about financials, business model, and growth plan.

By that point, they had already achieved strong results:

🔘 Revenue in 2024: €509,780
🔘 Revenue in 2025: €1,709,820
🔘 Gross profit in 2024: €179,902
🔘 Gross profit in 2025: €379,922

Forecast for 2026:

🔘 Revenue: €5,598,320
🔘 Gross profit: €952,274

They shared their growth plan, and the overall picture looked solid. So we scheduled a call to go deeper into details — collateral, audit process, timelines.

During that call, we introduced 8lends and offered something slightly different: instead of going through Maclear, we suggested listing on 8lends. Maclear is our parent company, but we're actively scaling our Web3 platform, and bringing in a new geography like Macedonia was exactly the kind of opportunity we were looking for.

They took some time to explore the platform. Meanwhile, our team moved forward with the audit.

About a week later, they came back with a decision to proceed with listing on 8lends.

Once Maclear completed the audit and we finalized the preparation, BPM LTD DOOEL was officially listed on the platform.

This story shows us that Maclear has built a strong reputation in Web2. But more and more businesses are recognizing the potential of Web3, and choosing to move in that direction.

Because together, 8lends and Maclear form a perfect bridge between the two worlds.

🔈 Space: Tokenizing the Real World: Is AI the Missing Link for RWA Adoption?

Everyone's talking about AI, and a lot of people feel it's going to be a game-changer in the near future.

But let's take a look at AI from another angle: can it help drive RWA adoption?

We’ll break it down today 👇

🔘 Date: March 19, 2026
🔘 Time: 12:00 PM UTC
🔘 Host: AILayer

See you there!

Who should invest in P2P lending?

📈 The European P2P lending market reached €3.2 billion in 2025, and some estimates suggest it could grow to $30.54 billion by 2032.

But not everyone fully understands what it is and how it works. And the truth is P2P lending isn’t for everyone.

🙄 Who won’t like P2P lending?

Those who are used to crypto volatility. If one has been trading altcoins, memecoins, or Bitcoin for a long time, the pace of P2P lending will likely feel too slow.

P2P lending isn't about getting rich in one bull cycle. You won’t make $20 while waiting for your coffee, but you also won’t lose everything in an hour.

P2P lending is a source of passive income. People come here for steady, reliable returns in the first place. If you invest in P2P lending, you don't wait for quick results; you build capital slowly but surely.

🤩 Who would like P2P lending?

People who are tired of uncertainty, panic, and constant volatility. If patience is your middle name, and you don't rush things to see results here and now, this market is a great fit for you.

🥇 Most platforms here offer 6-12% APR, while we're operating in the 18–25% range on average. Why? Because we're a Web3 platform, which helps us to cut middlemen and a lot of steps that require extra commissions and fees.

🥇 We pay monthly. That means you can reinvest regularly and compound your returns in USDC and $8LNDS.

P2P lending offers something most markets don’t — structure and protection.

🔘 Every loan is backed by real collateral
🔘 Every transaction is recorded on-chain
🔘 The process is legally secured

To sum up, P2P lending is slower, but much more secure, and the probability of losing money here is much, much lower than it is in crypto or stocks.

So, the choice is up to you:

❤️ — P2P lending only
🔥 — Crypto and stocks
👍 — Diversification across both options

Do you follow 8lends on X? 🤩

If you're still not, you know what to do:

✖ x.com/eightlends

🔈 The List of Spaces This Week

This post includes all key info about the Spaces/AMAs we’ve prepared for you. If you missed something or need a link to join, just come back to this post.

1. Space with WOLF Financial

Should Crypto Become Boring to Grow Up?

🔘 March 24 at 6 PM CET
🔘 Link: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1RJjpzOpWBQKw

RWA and tokenization might be the next step for crypto to finally mature into a serious asset class.

Right now, the market is flooded with memecoins and empty altcoins.

2. Panel discussion with 4AI

From Prompt to Profit: Monetizing Intelligence On-Chain + RWAs

🔘 Date: March 27 at 12 PM UTC
🔘 Link: Will be added later

We’ll cover the hottest topics of the year: AI, RWA, and DeFi.

Will AI change how people interact with RWAs and DeFi, or not?

Got something to say? Join us 😉

South Korea Market Review 🇰🇷

Many investors look for opportunities in the USA, China, UAE, or Brazil. But one particular market often gets overlooked — South Korea.

In this post, we'll break it down and see if this region is worth investing in.

🔘 Economic growth

Major institutions expect steady growth in 2026. The Bank of Korea forecasts ~2.0% GDP growth, while Citi is more optimistic at 2.4%, citing stronger-than-expected semiconductor exports. The country is also expected to maintain a large current account surplus (~$170B), supported by exports.

🔘 Strong credit rating (Aa2)

Moody’s rates South Korea at Aa2, which is their third-highest, following Aaa and Aa1. South Korea has held this rating since 2015. As Moody's stated, "This rating reflects South Korea's very high level of economic diversification and competitiveness, as well as its continued capacity to manage key challenges."

🔘 Shipbuilding surge

Korean shipbuilders are entering a strong cycle, with profits up ~45%. Major players like HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries, and Hanwha Ocean are expected to reach operating margins in the low-to-mid 10% range.

🔘 Record foreign investment (FDI)

In 2025, the FDI attracted reached a record high of $36.05 billion, a 4.3% increase from the previous year. But this year might not be as good as the previous one due to major countries' growing protectionism and the spread of manufacturing-focused industrial policies. Overall inflows remain strong.

To sum up, the market has got potential and is only growing every year. As for us, the market seems promising — that's why we gave it a try and listed one business from South Korea.

If you believe in this market too, feel free to invest 👇

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Hot Seat: Your Chance to Torture 8lends With Questions 😈

🎁 You give us a stress test, and we give you 50 USDC.

Sounds like a fair deal, right? But we're not that generous, and you’ll be part of the show too. So we’ll ask you some tough questions as well.

Here's what this show will look like:

🔘 We start by asking you 3-4 questions — your turn to answer.

🔘 Then you take over and ask us anything. Our job is the same — answer honestly.

🔘 The show continues until we (you and 8lends) run out of questions.

🤩 Important: The goal of the show isn't to insult one of the participants; we only ask you questions about trading and investing, and you ask us questions about investments, businesses, collateral, audits, etc. We won't ask you any personal questions about your private life. We don't cross this line.

The idea of the show is to have honest communication between you and our platform.

✨ Participants: 1-2 investors will join the show. If there are 2 participants on the show, they don't have to work as a team; they might disagree with each other and ask their own questions to the 8lends speakers.

Duration: 30-40 minutes, which is enough to keep it hot and engaging.

If you want to put 8lends under pressure and earn 50 USDC, apply here 🤩

GOOGLE FORM

8lends Owns Nothing.

We’re not a bank.
We don’t hold investors’ funds.
We don’t issue loans from our own balance.
We don’t store collateral in our own accounts.

🤩 We’re the connection layer.

Investors’ money moves directly to a borrower. 8lends’ role is to build a simple and clear structure, audit a borrower, secure collateral and terms, and control the execution of those terms.

✅ The smart contract enforces the inviolability of a process.

The logic is written into the code, executes automatically, and it can’t be changed once deployed. This keeps everything transparent and allows investors and borrowers to see all transactions made inside the platform on the Base blockchain.

Moreover, our smart contracts are audited by CertiK and Cyberscope. We’re doing everything we can to keep the process as transparent and secure as possible.

🗯️ What do we want to say?

Our main message is that 8lends earns money only when the whole loan is closed successfully.

🤩 So we’re not looking from the sidelines — we’re on the same side as you.

❗️ Stay Safe from Scams on Telegram ❗️

Online scams have become an inevitable part of the internet. That’s why we want to keep our community informed and protected.

In this video, we’ve covered the key things everyone should know to keep their funds safe.

Key rules to remember 👇

🔘 We will never message or call you first. If someone claims to be support and contacts you out of the blue — it’s a scam.

🔘 Always verify anyone you communicate with. If someone reaches out, don’t hesitate to ask for proof.

Our only official supports:

✨ @daniel_8lends
✨ @ceviz1389
✨ @henry_8lends

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🔈 Spaces of the Week

In this post, we’ve gathered all the sessions where we’ll either host or join as a guest.

This week, we’ll be part of 4 discussions:

🔘 01.04.26 at 12 PM UTC with uquidcard, ClusterProtocol, and GPT360_Official

Topic: RWA in 2025: Who Wins the Race — Banks, DeFi, or New Hybrid Models?

Role: Host

Link: x.com/i/spaces/1YxNrZQNWAOxw?s=20

🔘 01.04.26 at 15 PM UTC with useTria

Topic: How To Win in Volatile Markets

Role: Guest

Link: Will be shared later on the host’s X account

🔘 02.04.26 at 13 PM UTC with edgeX_exchange, OrderlyNetwork, FolksFinance, and QuickswapDEX

Topic: The New DeFi Stack: Liquidity, Execution & Sustainable Yield in 2026

Role: Host

Link: x.com/i/spaces/1AJEmOonPZbJL?s=20

🔘 03.04.26 at 15 PM UTC with edeldotfinance

Topic: RWAs Are Bringing Real Money On-Chain

Role: Guest

Link: Will be shared later on the host’s X account

Save this post and come back whenever you feel like joining the discussions.

We’ll be glad to see you at any of them.

See you there! 😉

ALL-TIME HIGH: $10,000,000 FUNDED ON 8LENDS 🤩

We believe our platform isn’t just about investments and returns; it’s a bridge designed to move people from the past to the future.

8lends connects people with different needs:

🔘 One group is tired of volatility and wants to build a stable source of income,
🔘 Another group needs funding to scale businesses that serve people worldwide.

On the surface, it’s just an investment platform. But if you look deeper, you’ll see potential that most are unable to see clearly.

2026 is a year of expansion for both us and you. Thank you for staying with us. We keep making the platform better and your experience smoother.

🌉 See you on the other side!