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Stats Show Over 53,000 Wrapped Bitcoins Were Removed From Circulation in the Last 3 Months
24.7.2022
Three months ago, there were 441,546 wrapped or synthetic bitcoins on the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain worth $17.45 billion using exchange rates on April 24, 2022. Since then, that number has dropped by 53,582 synthetic bitcoins and today the number of wrapped or bonded bitcoins...
Celsius Pays Off Last DeFi Loan, Reclaims Nearly $200M of Wrapped Bitcoin From Compound
13.7.2022
The troubled crypto lender Celsius has closed its last remaining loan from a DeFi protocol after previously paying off loans on Aave and Maker loan
How to Stake (Wrapped) Bitcoin: A Beginner’s Guide
9.7.2022
The Bitcoin (BTC) network uses a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus protocol to secure the network, which means network participants can earn mining rewards (if they choose to mine the digital currency), but they can’t earn staking rewards natively.
Fortunately, for BTC holders who would like to earn...
Celsius moved $529M worth of wBTC to FTX exchange: Should we be worried?
8.7.2022
The crypto community is concerned that the transfer could lead to the dumping of more than $500 million Bitcoin into the market
Inverse Finance exploited again for $1.2M in flashloan oracle attack
17.6.2022
No user funds have been affected by the exploit, but Inverse Finance has incurred a debt and offered the attacker a bounty to return the stolen funds
Top 5 Wrapped Token Use Cases
2.5.2022
Wrapped tokens have made it possible to put digital assets like bitcoin (BTC) on Ethereum (ETH) so they can interact with decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. This has resulted in significant inflows of tokenized value on Ethereum, and other crypto networks, contributing to several wrapped...
What Are Wrapped Tokens?
22.4.2022
Wrapped tokens have opened new opportunities for crypto investors by allowing them to deploy assets from one chain to another in tokenized form.
Read on to learn about wrapped tokens, how they work, and which wrapped coins are the most popular....
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IQ Labs CEO Tom Tirman on Unlocking Utility for NTFs With Collateral-Less Renting Framework
17.3.2022
IQ Protocol is a decentralized money market for digital asset renting and on-chain subscriptions. The next money lego that allows users to rent wrapped expirable versions of digital assets without collateral for their utility, while allowing holders to earn by providing liquidity without risk....
NFTs most popular assets on Ethereum, but Wrapped Bitcoin growth stalls
24.2.2022
NFTs have increased their lead over stablecoins and ERC-20 tokens in transfers on the Ethereum network since last July, while WBTC minted on chain has leveled off this month
Interchain Accounts is the biggest upgrade to Cosmos since Stargate
17.2.2022
The protocols would enable nearly all aspects of data sharing between blockchain protocols, such as oracle data, governance voting, etc
Jump Crypto Replaces $320 Million in Ethereum Taken From Wormhole Exploit
4.2.2022
On February 2, 2022, the Wormhole Network’s ethereum ↔ solana bridge was exploited for 120,000 WETH (wrapped ethereum) worth $320 million and the following day, the team explained that “all funds have been restored and Wormhole is back up.” The team has also said...
Solana price 'bear flag' paints $50 target as Wormhole hack exposes security hole
3.2.2022
The bearish continuation setup could push Solana price dropping to nearly $50 in the sessions ahead
Blockchain enthusiast allegedly losses $500k by sending WETH to contract address
31.1.2022
While the contract does wrap ETH sent to the address into WETH, the same is not true vice versa
Precious Metals, Cryptocurrencies, Stock Markets Falter Following Powell’s Rate Hike Statements
27.1.2022
Equities, crypto markets, and precious metals did well during the early morning trading sessions on Wednesday, just before the U.S. central bank wrapped up its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. While the Fed said in a statement that the benchmark interest rate would rise soon,...
Tokenized Bitcoin in Circulation Nears a Half Million BTC, Bitcoin-Pegged Token Value Exceeds $21 Billion
28.12.2021
According to data recorded on December 28, there’s approximately 434,265.43 bitcoin-pegged or wrapped bitcoin tokens worth more than $21.3 billion across several blockchains. Ten different bitcoin-pegged projects exist today and the project Wrapped Bitcoin dominates 59.66% of all...
Finance Redefined: Avalanche launches $200M fund, wXRP to debut on Ethereum Oct. 29–Nov. 5
5.11.2021
Avalanche Foundation showcases a six-figure ecosystem fund, wXRP set to launch smart contracts on Ethereum, and AllianceBlock joins forces with Flare — all coming to you in this week’s Finance Redefined
Moving $25 Billion in BTC via Alternate Chains — There’s Now Over 400,000 Tokenized Bitcoins in Existence
5.11.2021
As the end of the year approaches, the price of bitcoin has hovered above the $60K region and with 18.8 million bitcoin in circulation, bitcoin’s market valuation is over $1.16 trillion today. Meanwhile, the number of tokenized bitcoins in existence today has swelled significantly during...
Millions of Wix Merchants Can Now Accept 12 Different Cryptocurrencies
12.10.2021
On Tuesday, the Atlanta-based cryptocurrency payments company Bitpay announced the Israeli software company Wix has enabled its Software as a service (SaaS) e-commerce product to accept crypto-asset payments. The integration will allow Wix merchants to accept 12 different cryptocurrencies such...
GoByte Moves Forward With Wrapped GBX
6.9.2021
GoByte is taking its wrapped GBX project forward. It has finally entered the DeFi network. The wGBX will now be available on the Binance Smart Chain. It will operate through a two-way bridge that will both wrap and unwrap between the GBX on GoByte’s Mainnet and the wGBX on Binance. The wGBX...
Cosmos (ATOM) rallies after launching a cross-chain bridge and wrapped Bitcoin
29.8.2021
ATOM price booked triple-digit gains after the network built out its DeFi ecosystem and works on cross-chain bridges for ETH and BTC