What will make crypto move again?

Certainly not another bunch of memecoins. New memecoins only make things worse for crypto.

To push prices higher, crypto needs real Web3 businesses that create real-world value.

Have a more interesting idea? Join our Space:

🔘 Today at 14:00 UTC
🔘 Click here to join

Speakers:
Sergei Novikov, CPO @8BlocksLabs
Artem Nuraev @artemiy_nur, Dash Community Ambassador, CBDO LATAM & CIS @Dashpay
Ivan Marcena, CCO @eightlends
Maria, CCO @Maclear_ch

We’ll be happy to see you there!

🤩 WE’VE CHANGED THE LEGAL ENTITY

CLEARCHAIN CORP replaces Alpha Systems LLC

In light of regulatory changes in Europe and our plans to enter new regions, the management team decided that keeping platform operations under Alpha Systems LLC would limit our growth potential.

Companies that grow and enter new markets often make structural changes like this. It’s just another step as the business grows, so there is no reason to worry.

🔘 New operator: CLEARCHAIN CORP MSB
🔘 Registration No. C100001102
🔘 Incorporation No. BC1551271
🔘 Office: Unit 100, 6060 Silver Dr, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5H 0H5

❗️ Important: This does not affect the security of your investments. Your loans, interest rates, and terms remain the same.

The rest of the team remains the same. The people who built the platform and communicate with you every day are staying in their roles.

The independent collateral agent Maclear AG continues to manage loan collateral. Our change of legal entity does not affect this in any way.

Overall, nothing changes in the way you interact with the platform. Changing the legal entity is an administrative step to support future growth and is a common practice for companies expanding into new markets.

😉 Have any questions? Leave them under this post, and our support team will answer. We may even cover some questions in future posts!

🤩 WE’VE UPDATED THE WEBSITE!

Investing isn’t about fun and games. People invest because they want to grow what they have, so they don’t want a rollercoaster ride. People don’t invest for volatility and excitement. They invest for results.

And when it comes to the assets we invest in, we want them to be as clear and informative as possible, without unnecessary information.

We decided to bring this philosophy to our platform. So when you open the 8lends website, you see everything you need to know without anything extra:

🔘 Our results and who we are
🔘 Projects available for investment
🔘 A section on how we handle risks
🔘 An investment calculator where you can see the possible returns
🔘 Our monthly reports

But a picture is worth a thousand words, as they say. So you’d better check out the updated website for yourself 👇

Click to open

We’re planning a lot more updates, so we’re not stopping here! Send some 🔥 if you love this update!

You’ll see this message at the moment you need it.

In one of our latest YouTube videos, we discussed something that bothers a lot of people:

✨ Success.

What is it? How do you know if you’re a successful person?

Everyone has their own answer, but we decided to look at this question from different angles.

If you’ve ever asked yourself this question, you should watch this video 👇

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmjZZSGxiRY

WE’RE GIVING AWAY 2 TICKETS TO TOKEN2049!

TOKEN2049 takes place in Singapore on October 7–8.

If you’ve ever wanted to connect with other Web3 developers or meet us in person, this is your chance!

Want to try your luck? Find all the giveaway details on our X 👇

https://x.com/eightlends

🤩 What do you think about our new leagues?

At the beginning of September, we introduced you to 8lends leagues.

Did this system make your investment experience better? Or would you like to share your feedback?

You can influence how leagues will look in the future.

To make an impact, leave your feedback in the comments under this post or fill out a short Google Form through the link below 🤩

Click to open the Form

19 Months of 8lends! 🤩

How’s your autumn going? We hope you’re enjoying it, because we are!

The new season kicked off well for us, thanks to you 👇

From September 1 to October 3:

🔘 Raised: $2,274,978
🔘 Total investors: 2,860
🔘 Funded loans: $23,147,005
🔘 Loans repaid: $10,987,272

Thank you all for helping us reach these numbers! We really appreciate your support, so we’re working hard to make the platform smoother and investments more secure while keeping them as profitable as possible for both you and the businesses.

✨ Next week, we’ll share our monthly PDF report for September, with a more detailed breakdown of last month’s results.

😉 The 8lends team wishes you a great autumn! And to make it even better, we recommend brightening up these dull days with some investments and attractive returns:

https://app.8lends.io/en

THE SEPTEMBER REPORT IS HERE!

We’ve done quite a lot of work this summer, and we hope you’ve noticed it! But there’s still a lot ahead, and you’ll see more updates through the end of this year.

🤩 Have a great autumn, everyone!

And let’s leave some 🔥 under this post to help us all warm up on these cold days!

These red flags made us reject SMEs for listing.

Our top priority is your security. We’re not saying that just to make you feel better — it’s a fact.

If a business can’t repay its loan, we lose money, you lose money, and our track record and reputation suffer too. That’s why we use several layers of protection, and due diligence before listing is one of them.

Whenever an SME applies for funding, we dig into the business before deciding whether to list it. And most of the time, we have to say “no.”

Why? Because we see red flags like these 👇

🚩 Ownership structures that are unnecessarily complicated or unclear.
🚩 Revenue reported to us doesn’t match tax filings or bank transactions.
🚩 Bank statements don’t support the reported turnover.
🚩 References, contracts, or customer relationships can’t be independently verified.
🚩 The company has been losing money for a long time with no credible path to profitability.
🚩 The P&L may look fine, but the actual cash flow isn’t strong enough to cover the debt.
🚩 High existing debt.
🚩 Poor collateral — for example, an asset that is already pledged elsewhere, has an unrealistic valuation, or is highly specialised and difficult to resell.
🚩 The company refuses to provide the documents we request.

And so on. There are many other reasons why we might reject an SME, but these are some of the most common ones.

The goal here is to show you what we look for and what we focus on during due diligence.

❗️ Just last month, we had to reject 17 SMEs.

They came from different sectors: manufacturing, agribusiness, logistics, biotech, even education. But we still had to say no.

🤔 What kind of business would you like to see on our platform, but think we’d be very unlikely to list? Drop your ideas in the comments!