Virtually Human Studio, the developers of blockchain-based horse racing game ZED RUN have revealed that the lending mechanic is set to come out soon.

This will bring utility to the ZED token for the first time ever while enabling more users to play the game for free. In order to lend a horse, NFT owners will have to acquire a lending permit. In order to get a lending permit, racehorse owners will need to lock a certain amount of ZED tokens in order to be able to put their horse on the lending marketplace. One lending permit applies to one horse, requiring players to get multiple lending permits if they’d like to put up more horses on the marketplace for other players to borrow.

Horses listed on the marketplace are locked in a lending smart contract, giving borrowers the ability to race in free and paid races as well as in tournaments. Players will not be able to sell or breed the horses they borrow.

All of the racehorses that will be located on the lending marketplace feature a 50/50 reward distribution, with the rewards getting automatically sent to both the wallets of the lender and the borrower.

Aside from playing on PC via a browser, players can also play the game on Android devices using the MetaMask wallet app. The company behind the play-to-earn title acquired a ZED RUN-focused horse racing analytics platform called Know Your Horses last month.