SBI VC Trade announces launch of USDC lending service for retail users in Japan On March 18th, according to Cointelegraph, SBI VC Trade, a digital asset subsidiary of SBI Holdings, announced that it will officially launch a USDC lending service in Japan this Thursday. Retail users are allowed to lend stablecoins to the platform through a fixed-term agreement to earn profits, with a maximum application limit of 5000 USDC per period. This product belongs to the user's loan to SBI VC Trade in terms of structure, rather than deposit, and the user must directly bear the counterparty risk. SBI VC Trade stated that the platform may re lend the borrowed USDC. In addition, users are unable to withdraw or transfer funds within the fixed lending period. Unlike bank deposits, this product is not protected by asset segregation. If the platform goes bankrupt, there is a risk that users' assets cannot be fully recovered.