Block, Inc.
CRYPTOGRAPHIC-ASSET COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT

Abstract:

Provided is a process, including for lending, with a smart contract executable by a decentralized computing platform, money to a borrower. The process includes securing, with the smart contract, the loan by obtaining control of cryptocurrency of the borrower and monitoring, via the smart contract, whether the cryptocurrency satisfies a loan-to-value threshold. In response to the monitoring, an amount of cryptocurrency secured with the loan can be adjusted.