What is Bull Lending?
Borrow virtual assets by setting aside virtual asset as collateral take advantage of a bull market by repaying the KRW equivalent of the borrowed units.
If the asset appreciates,
the price difference is profit.
How much collateral
is required to borrow?
- Virtual asset selection
- Desired Lending Units
- Lending Rate
0.0000 BTC
Maximize Profit
During a Bull Market!

Avoid the hassle and
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If you already hold the virtual asset and completed the required KYC, submit your request
- Step 01Login
- Step 02Submit Request
- Step 03Funding Complete
FAQ
Users must complete Level 2 KYC authentication to apply for the lending program. (Minors are not eligible for the service)
At the moment, Bitcoin and Ethereum are available for lending.
The available collateral balance excludes KRW balance deposited within 24 hours. Restricted cash is excluded from the available total asset balance, but after 24 hours, the deposited KRW balance will be included in the available collateral balance.
For collateral raises, the 24 hour restriction is not placed on the newly deposited KRW amount.
At the maturity date, the lending will be automatically repaid at 00:00 time, the following day. The repayable amount is calculated by multiplying the asset market price at maturity by the borrowed units. If the repayable amount is greater than the borrowed assets, the corresponding collateral amount will be repossessed for the shortfall, and additional fees will be incurred.
Service fee is incurred on a daily basis at the service fee rate from the lending start date until maturity, unless the lending is prepaid within 3 days, in which case a minimum of 3 days service fee will be incurred.
Prepayment is possible, fees are calculated on a daily basis.
However, if the lending period is less than the min. period of 3 days, then the fee will be calculated for 3 days.
Addtional fee occur for using collateral for repayment.Lending rate is calculated by dividing the borrowed amount by the collateral. If the collateral devalues along with a decrease in the market price, then the lending rate will increase.
If the lending rate increases above 84%, a notice for the need to increase collateral will be sent; above 88%, notice of impending auto-repayment will be sent; above 92%, irregardless of maturity date, the assets will be automatically sold.
At the Bull Lending page, users can increase the collateral amount.
After submitting a request, details are available by clicking "Lending > Bull Lending > Transaction Details" at the top of the Bithumb homepage.
Service Guide
- Eligibility
Registered Bithumb user who have completed Level 2 KYC (Minors are not eligible)
- Request Limit
Min. 100,000 KRW, Max. 100,000,000 KRW
- Number of applications available
20 times a day
※ AM12 Count apply reset.
- Lending Rate
Up to 80%
- Lending Period
7 days
※ Min. 7 days
- Request Method
Borrow up to 80% of the same virtual asset by collateralizing the assets in possession
- Text Alerts
1 notice/day will be sent when the lending rate exceeds the following thresholds:
- If lending rate exceeds 84%, additional collateral required notice
- If lending rate exceeds 88%, impending auto-repayment notice
- If lending rate exceeds 92%, auto-repayment completed notice
- Repayment at Maturity
The equivalent KRW value of the borrowed units (including Usage Fee) will be repaid at maturity.
- Prepayment
Zero fee for prepayment. Incur 0.1% when collateral used for repayment
If lending is prepaid within 7 days of the borrowing date, a min. Usage Fee for 7 days will be incurred.
- Auto-repayment
- The day after maturity, at 00:00 time, the KRW equivalent of the borrowed units will be collected as the repayment amount.
- If the lending rate exceeds 92%, the KRW equivalent of the borrowed units will be collected as the repayment amount.
- Usage Fee
ex) Annual 18.25% (Daily 0.05%)
Calculation: (Requested lending units x market price at request) x Period x 0.05%
Example
① BTC Price at Request : 1 BTC = 10,000,000
② BTC Price at Maturity : 1 BTC = 20,000,000
③ Requested Units : 1.0 BTC (=10,000,000)
Period Usage Fee (Daily 0.05%) Repayable Units at Maturity 7Days 0.0035 BTC 0.5035 BTC 15Days 0.0075 BTC 0.5075 BTC 30Days 0.0150 BTC 0.5150 BTC 50Days 0.0250 BTC 0.5250 BTC - Additional Fees
If repayment is initiated, repossessed collateral balance required for repayment will incur additional (0.1%) fee
※ Calculation : :
((Repayable Amount at Maturity/Price at Maturity)-Actual Repayment Units)X Additional Fee(0.1%)