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CryptoQuant's Audit of Binance Reveals No 'FTX-Like' Behavior in Proof-of-Reserves
16.12.2022
An on-chain audit of Binance by the blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant has concluded that Binance’s reserves of bitcoin (BTC) and other major coins “are not showing ‘FTX-like’ behavior at this point.”
In analyzing the numbers, CryptoQuant said it compared Binance’s BTC liabilities, as stated...
CryptoQuant verifies Binance's reserves, reports no ‘FTX-like’ behavior
16.12.2022
Binance has faced a FUD-storm this week but a new CryptoQuant audit has verified its proof of reserves
CryptoQuant: On-Chain Data Shows Crypto Exchange Binance Isn't Exhibiting ‘FTX-Like’ Behavior
15.12.2022
A report from the analytics firm says the exchange is almost entirely collateralized and diversified away from its proprietary token
Realized losses from FTX collapse peaked at $9B, far below earlier crises
15.12.2022
Weekly-realized losses peaked at $20.5 billion when Terra Luna (LUNC) imploded and reached $33 billion when 3AC and Celsius collapsed, according to Chainalysis
10,000 BTC moves off crypto wallet linked to Mt. Gox hack
24.11.2022
The crypto was dormant in the account for over seven years and with the move, a majority found its way to personal wallets
Coinbase CEO Says Company Holds 2 Million Bitcoin, Reminds People Firm’s ‘Financials Are Public’
22.11.2022
According to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, as of Sept. 30, 2022, the company holds 2 million bitcoin worth $39.9 billion. The news Armstrong shared comes at a time when the general public is looking directly at exchange balances following FTX’s turbulent collapse. Coinbase Co-Founder Shares...
Binance’s Bitcoin Reserve Stash Nears 600,000, Company’s BTC Cache Is Now the Largest Held by an Exchange
20.11.2022
While there’s been a lot of discussions concerning proof-of-reserves, self-custody, and the more than $5 billion in bitcoin and ethereum that left exchanges between Nov. 7 through Nov. 14, 2022, Binance’s bitcoin stash has grown significantly since Nov. 12. In fact, metrics from...
$333 Million in Bitcoin Vanished from FTX Days Before the Company Filed for Bankruptcy Protection
20.11.2022
While it’s widely reported that hundreds of millions of dollars in Ethereum-based tokens were siphoned from the FTX wallet after the company filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11, 2022, another $333 million worth of FTX-related bitcoins somehow vanished as well. At one point, FTX held $3.3 billion...
Crypto Trading Platforms Deal With Massive Withdrawal Requests — Over $5 Billion in BTC, ETH Removed From Exchanges
14.11.2022
During the last week, the crypto community has been dealing with the demise of FTX and its affiliated crypto businesses, and ever since then, the proof-of-reserves topic has found its way to the forefront of conversations. Another silver lining to the fiasco is the fact that cryptocurrency...
Binance CEO shares 'two big lessons' after FTX's liquidity crunch
9.11.2022
CZ took to Twitter on Nov. 8 sharing "two big lessons" that crypto companies should learn amid the downfall of crypto exchange FTX
CME partners with CryptoQuant to provide on-chain data
27.10.2022
Financial institutions and hedge funds will now be able to access on-chain cryptocurrency data via the CME Group Datamine service provided directly by CryptoQuant. The partnership, which dates back to July 2022, makes CryptoQuant to first and only on-chain data provider for CME. CME Group is...
BTC Whale Transfers $940 Million Out of Coinbase — 3 Batches of ‘Sleeping Bitcoins’ From 2011 Move
19.10.2022
On Tuesday, October 18, researchers from the crypto analysis platform Cryptoquant identified an outflow of 48,000 bitcoin coming from the trading platform Coinbase Pro. According to the researcher’s summary of the situation, a large portion of the funds were old coins. Whale Transfers 48,000...
Bitcoin Miners Take in Bear Rally Profits by Selling More Than 6,000 BTC Since August 1
19.8.2022
Bitcoin’s value against the U.S. dollar lost 7.3% during the last 24 hours after more than $600 million in value was removed from the $1.07 trillion crypto economy. Statistics show that a number of bitcoin miners capitulated over the last two weeks, selling 5,925 bitcoin worth millions...
Traders Withdraw $3.6 Billion in Ethereum From Crypto Exchanges in 17 Days
23.7.2022
The pencilled-in preliminary date for The Merge, revealed by the Ethereum developer Superphiz, is less than two months away and the announcement seemingly caused a number of developments to happen. First off, the network’s native token ether saw a significant spike in value and secondly...
Despite the Price Drop, Number of Bitcoin Held on Exchanges Continues to Slide
10.7.2022
Roughly 49 days ago, the number of bitcoin held on exchange was around 2.503 million, according to statistics recorded by cryptoquant.com. Since then, $4.76 billion worth of bitcoin has been removed from centralized crypto exchanges, as there’s 2.275 million held on trading platforms today....
Wealthy Coinbase clients are still 'hodling' Bitcoin since December 2020, data suggests
31.5.2022
Institutions that reportedly purchased 10,939 BTC from Coinbase in December 2020 are not selling yet
Bitcoin Held on Trading Platforms Continues to Drop Lower, Over 68% of the Total Held by 5 Exchanges
22.5.2022
Amid the market carnage tied to Terra’s recent fallout, bitcoin sent to exchanges saw a brief spike on May 7, jumping more than 2% higher from 2.481 million to 2.532 million bitcoin. Despite the recent increase of bitcoin sent to trading platforms, the number of bitcoins on exchanges today...
Ethereum eyes mini breakout above $3K as Coinbase ETH outflows hit new record
4.5.2022
Macro headwinds continue to hamper Ethereum's long-term upside prospects
ETH Continues to Leave Trading Platforms, Ethereum Balance on Exchanges Lowest in 3 Years
19.3.2022
While the second-largest crypto asset by market cap has gained more than 15% in value against the U.S. dollar during the last week, the number of ethereum stored on exchanges has dropped significantly during the last few weeks. In less than two years, more than 29% of the ether held on exchanges...
Bitcoin Exchange Reserves Drop to Lowest Point in 3 Years
12.3.2022
The number of bitcoin held on exchanges has continued to drop in recent times as the metric suggests crypto advocates are pulling funds off of trading platforms for long-term holding. At the time of writing, 2.32 million bitcoin worth over $90 billion is held on centralized cryptocurrency...