<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crypto lender BlockFi has added support for USD Coin (USDC) and Litecoin (LTC) across all of its offerings. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Announced Wednesday, users of BlockFi Interest Accounts (BIA) can now deposit these two currencies to either earn monthly compounding interest on them or take out U.S. dollar-denominated loans against the crypto collateral. The company offers an initial interest rate of 8.6% for USDC and 3.8% for LTC, according to a press statement shared with The Block. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The two coins were also added to BlockFi’s new trading platform. </span><a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/49366/blockfis-new-trading-platform-allows-users-to-trade-bitcoin-ether-and-gemini-dollar-in-real-time"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Launched</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in Dec. 2019, BlockFi Trading allows users to trade between the following cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ether, Gemini Dollar, and now, USDC and LTC. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">BlockFi has seen significant growth since its founding in 2017. Its valuation </span><a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/49407/blockfi-confirms-its-valuation-doubled-in-roughly-2-months"><span style="font-weight: 400;">doubled</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in a roughly two-month period, as The Block previously reported, and BlockFi founder Zac Prince </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">said last month that the platform was seeing 1-2% daily growth across key performance indicators. BlockFi <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/34850/blockfi-clinches-18-3m-series-a-led-by-fintech-investor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">raised</a> $18.3 million in a Series A funding round last summer.</span></p> <p><em><strong>Editor's Note:</strong> This report has been amended to clarify information about BlockFi's valuation. </em></p>