leverage

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While digital credit does exist in the form of lending from DeFi firms, institutional leverage hasn’t made its way into using bitcoin as a vehicle for lending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“We have a playbook for this where we set hard deadlines and potentially use them as leverage points around negotiations,” said James McCann, senior economist for investment strategy at Edward Jones.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

The White House is likely to counter that the leverage worked, however.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

It’s not all grim — home buyers finally have some leverage again in the real-estate market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Hoover thought Dasch was withholding information so that he would have leverage over the FBI and would be considered indispensable.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple