Wall Street Heavyweight Cantor Jumps Into Bitcoin Lending—FalconX and Maple First to Bite

Another day, another traditional finance giant dipping its toes—or maybe just a pinky—into crypto waters. Cantor Fitzgerald, the 80-year-old bond-trading powerhouse, just launched a Bitcoin lending desk. Because nothing says ’institutional adoption’ like Wall Street realizing it can charge interest on your keys.

First takers? Crypto prime brokers FalconX and institutional lender Maple Finance. No terms disclosed—because why would they make it easy for competitors (or regulators) to connect the dots?

Funny how the same firms that spent years dismissing Bitcoin now can’t resist the siren song of collateralized yield. Maybe those ’digital gold’ narratives finally clicked—or maybe they just noticed the 20%+ rates on DeFi platforms and wanted in. Either way, the institutionalization of crypto rolls on—with all the usual middlemen taking their customary cuts.