Loop trusted — CDS low
Loop doubted — CDS widens
Compute-as-collateral financing loop behind Nvidia CDS widening
1
Financing platforms
six asset managers
Aug 10 2026 MOUs
Apollo
BlackRock GIP
Blackstone
Brookfield
Goldman Sachs
KKR
$500B+
third-party capital pool
mobilized into independent
financing platforms
capital exits here
capital
2
Collateralized borrowing
OpenAI
CoreWeave
SK Hynix
borrow against compute capacity
proceeds
3
Chip purchases
Nvidia GPUs
compute as collateral — circulates
4
Nvidia
revenue up front
credit on the books
OpenAI lease ~$250B
OpenAI chips ~$350B
SK Hynix ~$500B
CoreWeave financing
credit exposure
5
Concentrated risk
future demand → current revenue
counterparty exposure
6
The re-pricing
CDS on NVDA
low
widening
cash balance stays deep
funded by the marginal credit buyer
marginal buyer hedges — repayment doubted