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TL;DR

Interest is simple and accrues daily on the original borrowed amount (principal only) at a rate of ~0.0199% per day (7.25% APR ÷ 365). The base for the calculation never changes: accrued interest is not added to the principal, so the daily interest charge stays the same as your total debt grows. The first accrual runs 24 hours after loan creation, so opening and fully repaying within the same 24-hour window incurs no interest. There are no mandatory periodic payments. Repay partially or in full at any time, with no penalty. Partial repayments apply to accrued interest first, then principal. Collateral is released only after full repayment. You can also top up collateral to lower your LTV or reduce collateral as long as the resulting LTV stays at or below 50%.

Quick facts

ItemValue
APR7.25% (variable)
Interest modelSimple (no compounding)
Interest baseOriginal borrowed amount (principal only)
Daily interest rate0.0199% (7.25% ÷ 365)
Accrual scheduleEvery 24 hours from loan creation
Same-day repaymentNo interest charged if fully repaid within 24h of opening
Mandatory periodic paymentsNone
Early repaymentAllowed, no penalty
Partial repaymentAllowed, no penalty
Order of applicationAccrued interest, then principal
Collateral release on partial repaymentNo (collateral stays locked until full repayment)
Top-upAdd BTC at any time to lower LTV
Reduce collateralAllowed if resulting LTV ≤ 50%
Origination feeNone
Liquidation fee2% of the BTC effectively liquidated, deducted from liquidation proceeds

How does interest work?

  • Interest is simple: it accrues daily on the original borrowed amount (principal only). Previously accrued interest is not added to the calculation base.
  • This means the daily interest charge is constant for the life of the loan: even as your total debt grows, each 24-hour accrual is the same amount, calculated as principal × (0.0725 / 365).
  • The daily rate is 0.0725 / 365 ≈ 0.0199%.
  • Each accrual runs exactly 24 hours after the previous one, starting from the loan creation timestamp (not at midnight UTC).
  • Same-day repayment is free of interest. If you open a loan and fully repay it before the first 24-hour accrual runs, no interest is charged. The interest accrues per 24-hour cycle, not per calendar day, so it is only added once a full cycle has elapsed.
  • There are no mandatory periodic payments.
  • Interest is settled at repayment, together with principal.
  • The APR is variable and Roxom may change it at any time. Rate changes apply to future accruals only, including on active loans, already-accrued interest is not re-priced. See Variable APR policy.

Debt projection example

For a USDT 20,000 loan at 7.25% APR (simple interest on the original USDT 20,000 principal) with no repayments:
PeriodTotal debt
Day 1 interest~USDT 3.97
Month 1 (30 days)~USDT 20,119
Month 6 (182 days)~USDT 20,723
Year 1 (365 days)~USDT 21,450
Because interest is simple, each day adds the same ~USDT 3.97 to the debt for the life of the loan, accrued interest does not generate more interest. If the BTC price stays flat, the LTV still rises slowly day by day because of accrued interest, even without market movement.

Can I repay early?

Yes. You can repay at any time, partially or in full, with no penalty.
  • A partial repayment is applied to accrued interest first, then principal.
  • A partial repayment does not release proportional collateral. Collateral stays locked until the loan is fully repaid.
  • You can always adjust your collateral as long as the LTV thresholds are respected. See the section below.

How do I repay?

The debt is denominated in USDT and must be repaid in USDT held in your Roxom funding account. The loan is open-ended, so there is no due date, but when you decide to repay, the USDT has to be in Roxom. If you do not have enough USDT to cover what you want to repay, you can:
  • Deposit USDT into your Roxom funding account (from an external wallet or another exchange).
  • Sell other assets on Roxom (for example, sell some BTC that you hold outside your collateral) to obtain USDT, then repay.
  • Move USDT in from your trading account if you hold it there.
The Repay modal shows the USDT Available in your funding account next to the amount field. If the amount you enter exceeds what is available, top up first.

Can I repay with BTC?

No. Repayment is only in USDT. If you want to repay using BTC, the flow is: sell BTC for USDT on Roxom, then use that USDT to repay. You can use either BTC that sits outside your collateral, or you can free collateral first via Adjust → Decrease Collateral (as long as the resulting LTV stays at or below 50%) and then sell it. On full repayment, the credit line closes and the locked BTC is released back to your funding account immediately. There is no cooldown before opening a new credit line, only one credit line per user can be active at a time.

Manage collateral

You can adjust the BTC backing your loan at any time:
  • Top-up. Add BTC to your existing loan to lower the LTV. This is the main preventive action against a margin call: you increase the collateral without paying down debt.
  • Reduce collateral. Withdraw part of your BTC collateral, as long as the resulting LTV stays at or below 50%. The system validates the post-reduction LTV before unfreezing the BTC.
For LTV thresholds and the margin call mechanics, see LTV, margin calls, and liquidation.

Are there additional fees?

FeeAmount
Origination feeNone
Prepayment penaltyNone
Liquidation fee2% of the BTC effectively liquidated (partial or full), deducted from liquidation proceeds
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Last modified on June 10, 2026