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Wrapped Bitcoin flash crashes to $5K on Binance exchange
24.11.2024
Wrapped Bitcoin was launched in 2019 to give Bitcoin investors an option to use the asset in decentralized finance applications
Coinbase Delists Wrapped Bitcoin wBTC, Citing 'Listing Concerns'
20.11.2024
Announcement comes shortly after the exchange launched its own ‘wrapped’ bitcoin on Base – cbBTC
Kraken crypto exchange launches own Wrapped Bitcoin token
17.10.2024
According to Kraken, kBTC reinforces Bitcoin’s position as the “epicenter of crypto” and empowers developers to explore new ways to use BTC
WBTC completes shift to multi-jurisdiction custody arrangement
9.10.2024
Wrapped Bitcoin currently has a market capitalization of approximately $9.5 billion and a circulating supply of 154,782 tokens
WBTC completes shift to multi-jurisdiction custody arrangement
9.10.2024
Wrapped Bitcoin currently has a market capitalization of approximately $9.5 billion and a circulating supply of 154,782 tokens
Wrapped Bitcoin supplied on Aave hits record high despite backing fears
27.9.2024
WBTC is still the most popular Bitcoin wrapper, with nearly $10 billion in TVL, according to DefiLlama
Coinbase's cbBTC wrapped Bitcoin coming to Solana — Breakpoint 2024
21.9.2024
Wrapped Bitcoin products allow users to retain asset control while using Bitcoin as collateral for decentralized finance applications
Coinbase’s cbBTC surges to third-largest wrapped BTC token in just one week
19.9.2024
According to data from CryptoQuant, cbBTC circulation supply has outpaced long-established players seven days after launch.
DeFi Lending Giant Sky Sets Vote to Offload Wrapped Bitcoin as Justin Sun Concerns Linger
13.9.2024
The action could impact $200 million of DeFi loans in the Sky ecosystem should the proposal pass
DeFi protocol Threshold proposes Bitcoin wrapper merger to ‘save WBTC’
30.8.2024
The proposal would effectively transfer control of WBTC to Threshold.
DeFi protocol Threshold proposes Bitcoin wrapper merger to ‘save WBTC’
30.8.2024
The proposal would effectively transfer control of WBTC to Threshold.
Unknown crypto whale has been scooping up WBTC amid controversy
20.8.2024
According to Lookonchain, an unknown wallet address has accumulated more than $118 million worth of Wrapped Bitcoin in the last week
Coinbase cbBTC token may revolutionize Bitcoin DeFi adoption
16.8.2024
Coinbase’s step marks the latest significant institutional entrant to the field of BTCFi
Zest Protocol Co-founder: Adding New Programming Capabilities Could Propel BTC’s Defi Ecosystem Beyond ETH’s
22.5.2024
According to Tycho Onnasch, co-founder of Zest Protocol, new programming capabilities which can be added to Bitcoin could help the leading crypto asset cancel out Ethereum’s early advantage of being able to deploy decentralized finance (defi) on Layer one (L1). Onnasch argued that once...
Trader Loses $68M of Wrapped Bitcoin in Address Poisoning Scam
4.5.2024
An unknown trader lost $68 million worth of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) in a single transaction in an address-poisoning scam.
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10 Decentralized Finance Protocols Rule Over 52% of the WBTC in Circulation
23.10.2023
Over the span of ten months, since mid-December 2022, the cryptocurrency known as wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) experienced a reduction of nearly 23,000 coins from its circulation. Today, WBTC has 79,839 distinct wallet holders. Notably, a hefty 73.76% of these tokens are concentrated within the top...
Wrapped Bitcoin Project Sees 18% Redemption of Circulating Supply in 54 Days
20.1.2023
Statistics show over the course of 54 days, the number of wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) hosted on the Ethereum network has decreased by 40,156. This equates to a more than 18% redemption of the circulating supply of WBTC since Nov. 27, 2022. WBTC Remains Largest Operation in Terms of Bitcoin Custody...
Supply of Tokenized Bitcoin Dropped Significantly Since the Start of the Year
26.11.2022
This year, the number of tokenized bitcoins hosted on alternative blockchains like Ethereum, has dropped a great deal. Last January the number of wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) issued on the Ethereum blockchain was around 266,880 WBTC and since then, the number has dropped by more than 15% down to 225,962...
One percent of Bitcoin’s supply has been locked in the WBTC protocol
8.6.2021
More than $6 billion worth of Bitcoin is now tokenized on Ethereum as WBTC
$700 Million Worth of Synthetic Bitcoin Is Circulating on the Ethereum Blockchain
8.9.2020
According to onchain data, there’s now 69,836 synthetic bitcoin tokens (over $700 million) circulating on the Ethereum blockchain. Out of the six synthetic bitcoin token projects, wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) commands the largest number of coins with over 63% and 44,622 WBTC. Synthetic bitcoin...