A $500M approval signals confidence in alternative financing models, but deployment pace and utilization will be key.

USD.AI, a blockchain-based lending protocol, has approved a $500 million loan for Sharon AI, an Australian AI infrastructure company. According to NS3.AI, the loan aims to support Sharon AI's expansion of GPU deployments, beginning with a $65 million GPU acquisition this quarter. USD.AI provides loans to AI startups backed by tokenized GPU assets, offering solutions to financing challenges faced in traditional systems.