🌟 A friendly reminder: our Advanced Crypto Course is open

Made by the Maclear & 8lends teams

We’ve already started receiving your feedback, and it’s great to see — thank you for sharing your progress and insights.

🌟 This course was built based on real questions from our community. Here’s what’s inside (briefly):

🌟 How to read blockchain data and follow real transaction flows

🌟 How yield, terms, and collateral work in practice

🌟 How deals are structured and how to assess them

🌟 How to approach crypto investing calmly, without FOMO

The format is simple and practical: short lessons, videos, and quick quizzes to help you retain what matters.

If you’ve already taken our first course — this is the perfect next step to go deeper and start applying what you’ve learned.

If not, we recommend starting with the basic course first, then moving on to Advanced — it will make the whole journey much clearer and more effective.

The bonuses are still there:

• Complete the course + invest 100 USDC → get 15 USDC

• New to 8lends? That’s up to 45 USDC total with the welcome bonus

If you haven’t started yet, this is a good moment to jump in.

🌟 ADVANCED CRYPTO COURSE

🌟 How we score projects and what drives the rate: Maclear’s logic behind

Every project on our platform receives a credit rating from AAA to D, similar in structure to the systems used by S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch.

🌟 This is the final overall rating after we assess all relevant risks.

Our rating framework is based on three dimensions:

🌟 Borrower’s financial health

🌟 Qualitative assessment of the business, management, and industry

🌟 Debt service capacity, including metrics such as DSCR and EBIT/Interest

These three layers help us understand how resilient the project may be over time.

🌟 The rating is an important factor in determining APR. Higher-rated projects typically receive a lower rate, though other factors also play a role.

Projects with a D rating do not pass due diligence and are not listed on the platform at all.

At the moment, we have no projects with a C rating on the platform, which shows how strictly we select projects.

APR is fixed for the entire fundraising period and does not change after you invest. In practice, the rate stays the same for the investor throughout the project’s collection period.

🌟 Another important factor is LTV (loan-to-value), meaning the ratio between the loan amount and the value of the collateral. The higher the LTV, the higher the potential APR — it is so because the risk is also higher.

🌟 And there is one more layer: bonuses such as referral rewards, loyalty rewards, and cashback. These are added on top of the base APR and can increase the effective return to 16.5% and sometimes even higher.

🌟 So in short: LTV affects the APR, and the APR is assigned annually and fixed. But the final rating is never based on one metric alone — it is the result of a full risk assessment.

🌟 New milestone is here

The first month of summer is off to a strong start, bringing Maclear two great round numbers:

🌟 €115M — total funded to support SMEs all across Europe and beyond

🌟 €35M — total repaid to investors

With our Advanced crypto course in full swing, we’re seeing many new faces joining the platform — welcome, and thank you to each of you for your trust and confidence.

Sincerely,
Maclear team

Expand your strategy with 8lends and get an extra 20 USDC 🌟

For those already have a Maclear account, getting started on 8lends is now easier than ever.

1⃣No additional KYC required

If you’ve completed verification and proof of address on Maclear, your KYC can be securely transferred to 8lends in just a few clicks.

Just click on “Continue with Maclear”.

2⃣ No need to set up or manage a crypto wallet yourself

8lends now supports built-in custodial wallets via Privy.

Sign up using email, Google, or Maclear (without connecting an external wallet) — and a secure wallet will be created automatically.

You can fund it from any exchange or external wallet and start investing right away. When signing up on 8lends, click on “Connect wallet”.

All gas fees are covered by 8lends.

3⃣ Free educational courses

Learn the fundamentals of crypto investing and how the 8lends model works.

Complete either one or both courses and start investing with a clear understanding.

4⃣ Bonuses, and more bonuses

🌟 20 USDC bonus for joining 8lends as a Maclear investor

🌟 30 USDC welcome bonus after registration and your first investment from 100 USDC

🌟 15 USDC for completing a crypto course and investing 100 USDC

Any questions left? Join the community chat @eightlends_chat, ask and discuss. Or simply reach out to Daniel.

🌟Important: changes to the Secondary Market

New rules already took effect — we’re sharing the full details below so as everyone has the same clear understanding.

🌟 What’s changing?

🌟 Bonus positions — these are bonuses given to investors for meeting certain conditions (including €30 for every €500 invested and voucher bonuses*) — can no longer be sold on the Secondary Market.

*These bonuses are considered as a separate investment.

💡 Example: you funded €500 into a project and received €30 as a bonus. The bonus portion stays with you but cannot be listed on the Secondary Market, while the €500 you invested can be sold.

This applies regardless of who holds them: the original bonus recipient or an investor who bought them on the Secondary Market afterward.

Bonus positions that investors already listed remain active and can still be sold.

🌟 Loyalty bonus is applied per holder, and each investor earns with their own loyalty rate.

• You invest => your loyalty % applies
• You list for sale => investment keeps working
• You sell => you get dividends until sale (with your loyalty %)
• Buyer gets it => their loyalty % applies from then on

🌟 Regular investments can now be listed for sale only after 14 days from when the project reaches Funded status.

🌟 The rule that after purchasing an investment on the Secondary Market, you cannot relist it for 30 days remains unchanged.

A quick reminder: a 2.5% seller fee applies only when the sale is completed. If the listing isn't purchased within 14 days, it's automatically removed and no fee is charged. Buyers pay no fees.

🌟 So what happens to bonus positions?

Your bonus funds are not blocked forever. They continue working according to the project schedule, reach the final payout like any regular investment, and become withdrawable afterward just like any other funds.

🌟 Even with this change, the Secondary Market on Maclear remains one of the fastest secondary markets available (median time to sell a lot — around 3 hours), and the 14-day waiting period for new investments is significantly shorter than on major P2P lending platforms.

🌟 Full info on how to use the Secondary Market

🌟 Active bonuses on Maclear

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out — we'll walk you through the changes.

🌟 Is there room for abstract expectations in investing?

Yes and no.

For some asset classes, expectations that aren’t tied to specific values are completely normal, like crypto exchanges. And for some investors, high-risk opportunities are a deliberate choice.

Still, most investors weigh risks against potential returns and tend to choose more predictable assets.

By choosing P2P lending with Maclear, you know exactly what to expect:

🌟 Where your money goes: supporting SMEs across Europe and beyond

🌟 What returns to anticipate: fixed returns throughout the investment period

🌟 How flexible your investment is: early exit via the Secondary Market

🌟 What protects your funds: vetted projects, collateral-backed loans, a Provision Fund, and Swiss-grade standards

🌟 In our new YouTube video, we talk about real economic activity driven by crowdlending, and the social impact investors help create. Topics that shape today’s investment landscape.

🌟 What makes you choose P2P lending?