The capital requirements for space settlement are colossal, at least on the order of several trillion dollars. To this end, I propose creation of a venture bank, able to multiply the capital of a venture capital firm by up to 47 times, without requiring access to the Federal Reserve or other central bank apart from settlement. This concept rests on insuring loans to expand Tier 1 and 2 capital. Profitability depends on overall portfolio performance, availability of default insurance notes, cost of default insurance, and the multiple of original capital (MOC) adopted by the venture bank. If the form that uses interbank funds is used, then it also depends on the interbank funds rates.
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