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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
Coinbase Launches Wrapped Bitcoin for Ethereum and Base Networks
12.9.2024
Coinbase has unveiled Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin (cbBTC), giving users a gateway to decentralized finance (defi) apps on Ethereum and Base, using bitcoin (BTC). The cbBTC token is essentially a wrapped version of bitcoin, fully backed by BTC held in Coinbase’s custody. Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin...
Coinbase’s Wrapped Bitcoin cbBTC Goes Live
12.9.2024
The token will initially be offered on Ethereum and Coinbase’s Base networks, with plans to expand to more blockchains in the coming months
Coinbase launches 'cbBTC' wrapped Bitcoin digital asset
12.9.2024
The exchange announced that cbBTC is now available in the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, and all US states except New York
BitGo deploys wrapped BTC on Avalanche and BNB Chain
10.9.2024
Crypto custodian BitGo is now using LayerZero’s OFT Standard to deploy its WBTC across more than 80 chains.
BitGo CEO Says Wrapped Bitcoin’s Critics Aren’t Being ‘Intellectually Honest’ About Their Concerns
3.9.2024
The loudest critics of BitGo’s deal with Justin Sun-affiliated BiT Global also want to see their ‘number go up.’
Save WBTC: Threshold Network Proposes Sweeping Changes to Wrapped Bitcoin Custody
29.8.2024
Threshold Network has proposed a plan to enhance the stability and security of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) by replacing its centralized custody model with Threshold’s decentralized system. This move comes in response to recent concerns within the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem over...
Coinbase Hints at the Launch of Its Wrapped Bitcoin Alternative on Base
15.8.2024
Coinbase, one of the largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchanges, has hinted at the launch of its own wrapped bitcoin alternative, cbbtc. On X, Coinbase posted the currency name, followed by another post stating that it was coming soon. Jesse Pollak, the creator of Base, Coinbase’s incubated...
Ethereum-Based Swell Imports Wrapped Bitcoin to Serve as Liquid Restaking Token
14.8.2024
Users can deposit their wBTC to get swBTC in return, with yield expected to start flowing from mid-September – as part of a blockchain "restaking" scheme ultimately designed to secure protocols in the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem
Coinbase Promotes cbBTC, Wrapped Bitcoin Alternative for Base Blockchain
14.8.2024
Tweets from the crypto exchange and Jesse Pollack, the creator of Base, suggest cbBTC could run on the layer-2 blockchain
Coinbase teases 'cbBTC’ days after BitGo Wrapped Bitcoin controversy
14.8.2024
Speculators think the post refers to Coinbase’s own wrapped Bitcoin product, which will potentially be launched on its layer-2 network Base
BitGo to transition Wrapped Bitcoin business to multi-jurisdictional custody
11.8.2024
BitGo claims the move of its Wrapped Bitcoin business will make it the world’s first “multi-jurisdictional and multi-institutional custody."
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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Navigating the Wrapped Bitcoin Landscape: 86,000 WBTC Exit Circulation in One Year
29.7.2023
Data reveals that since the start of the year, the count of circulating wrapped bitcoins (WBTC) has diminished, plunging by more than 22,000 WBTC. Notably, a year-long assessment reflects an even more significant contraction, with over 86,000 WBTC evaporating from circulation since last July....
Wrapped Bitcoin Token Goes Live on Cardano Testnet
24.4.2023
The anetaBTC project aims to attract bitcoin liquidity to the Cardano ecosystem
Crypto Lender Kokomo's Developers Use Wrapped Bitcoin for $4M ‘Exit Scam’
27.3.2023
All social media presence was deleted and Kokomo tokens fell 95%
Wrapped Bitcoin supply drops to negative after 11,500 wBTC burn linked to Celsius
28.2.2023
Wrapped Bitcoin garnered DeFi traders' support in the 2021-22 bull season, but the demand started to fade post numerous crypto contagions led to redemptions
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...
Wrapped Bitcoin Trades at Discount Amid Market Contagion
28.11.2022
WBTC’s discount dropped as low as -1.5% as questions swirled over whether WBTC is fully backed. Custodian BitGo later clarified that it is
Crypto Twitter calls for calm after wETH insolvency joke goes viral
28.11.2022
Ethereum bull Anthony Sassano and Gnosis co-founder Martin Köppelmann were among those explaining later that the Wrapped Ethereum (wETH) FUD was part of an inside joke