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> With fiat interest rates at record lows, why not borrow fiat instead and use it to buy crypto?

I just had a look and compared Gemini's calculator of lending, compared to Zopa's (UK p2p lender) calculator and, for a £10k loan, you'd be paying ~£500 in interest at Zopa (~14% APR), where Gemini claims you'll be getting $1.7k in interest (based on $11k lent and Filecoin's ~7% interest).

My guess is Gemini's calculator is either purposefully or accidentally broken, or I'm missing something.



The default time period on the calculator is 2 years.


Yep, I used 2 years on both calculators.


It's ~£500 payments per month (which covers both interest and some of the principal). The total interest comes out to £1,473.




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