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Comment by ArtTimeInvestor

I am not sure if lending makes sense if the collateral is the same asset that is borrowed.

A more typical example I can envision:

Someone owns land in Decentraland. The land is an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain. To make profits from the land they need to put a hotel on top of it. But they don't have the means to buy/build the hotel. So they lend Decentracoins (some other asset on the Ethereum blockchain) and provide the land as collateral.

If all goes well, the borrower buys/builds a hotel with the decentracoins. Makes more decentracoins from visitors. Pays back their debt.

If it does not work out, the land goes to the lender.

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