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Firefish.io - Investments backed with BTC

As my call money with a current interest rate of 3.75% expires in September and will be adjusted to a ridiculous 0.75%, I am currently looking for an alternative.


Either shift everything into the $XEON (+0%) completely into the $IWDA (-0.09%) or go back to overnight money hopping. Investments in kind with Timeless are also nice to have but are out of the question for me with 40k and P2P loans via Mintos etc. also have too high a risk of collapse even with the "buyback guarantees".


What do you think, is Firefish an alternative?


Investments via Firefish function as a peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace for Bitcoin-backed loans. Investors can lend money in the form of fiat currency (e.g. euros, US dollars) and receive fixed interest in return, which is fully secured by Bitcoin as collateral. The borrowers' bitcoins are deposited in non-custodial multisig smart contracts, which means that Firefish itself has no access to the crypto assets. The bitcoins are therefore stored securely and serve as over-collateralization for the loans.


The interest rates there are significantly higher (6-15%) and due to the LTV deposit of 50%, the multisig contract custody and the automatic liquidation in the event of a fall in the price of BTC, I think the risk is quite low.


I look forward to your opinion on this. đź‘‹


https://firefish.io/

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I think Firefish is great. The risk for the lender is indeed very low - especially compared to the interest you receive.
And from the borrower's point of view, you can borrow your Bitcoin at short notice if you need cash and don't have to sell it. The Bitcoin also remains the legal property of the borrower and therefore the tax exemption does not expire :)
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@stefan_21 Have you already taken out a loan?
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@Alexander_Bitcoin not yet. I haven't had the occasion yet. But I definitely have it in the back of my mind :)
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@stefan_21 I feel the same way.
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@stefan_21 will not call it "low risk".

- Risks as with all P2P loans (liquidity, young fintech company with seed financing in April 2025, 100 million volume, not regulated by BaFin - also no deposit protection)

- In the event of large BTC drawdowns, a total loss can occur despite the LTV

- Based in Slovakia with Cayman structures
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@Ph1l1pp Firefish is based in Prague, but is registered in Slovakia as far as I know :)

Well, a P2P loan agreement is concluded. As the lender, you send the money directly to the borrower and the borrower deposits at least double the amount in the form of Bitcoin.
If the Bitcoin price falls by almost 50%, it is automatically liquidated and the lender gets his money zurück🤷‍♂️
I would argue that the risk of non-payment is higher with pretty much all other P2P lending platforms.
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@Ph1l1pp and why do you need deposit protection with Firefish? :D
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@stefan_21 I see it exactly the same way. It's relatively safe. Especially as it is also covered by a smart contract.
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@stefan_21 Thank you for your input! That agrees with my assessment. But it's a shame that you haven't taken out a loan yet. It would be good to hear from someone who has actively invested there what the process was like.
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@stefan_21 just wanted to point out that there are still risks. I asked Chatgpt a few times
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- Risks as with all P2P loans (liquidity, young fintech company with seed financing in April 2025, 100 million volume, not regulated by BaFin - also no deposit protection)

- In the event of large BTC drawdowns, a total loss can occur despite LTV

- Based in Slovakia with Cayman structures
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I had a good experience with nexo back then and would do it again
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@Koenigmidas Thanks, I'll have a look too. 👍 Did you take a loan or lend it?
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@Zerax in the bull market it was easy to increase one, because you bought more btcs from the loan and sold them after the holding period and took the profits to pay off the loan again and get your old stocks out and lending with 7% interest was also nice
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