New data from crypto analytics platform Arkham reveals that President Donald Trump’s decentralized finance (DeFi) platform has become a top 0.1% holder of staked Ethereum (stETH) after gobbling up tens of millions of dollars worth of ETH. In a new thread on the social media platform X, Arkham says that World Liberty Financial (WLFI) – […]
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Top US-based crypto exchange platform Coinbase is removing support for Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) as the crypto king crashes below six figures. In a new thread on the social media platform X, Coinbase Assets says it has disabled trading services for wBTC, the tokenized representation of Bitcoin (BTC) on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, as the digital […]
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Crypto exchange Coinbase has cited risks linked to Tron-founder Justin Sun during a lawsuit over its delisting of Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC). In a recent complaint, the wBTC custodian and Sun-affiliated BiT Global accused Coinbase of using wBTC – the tokenized representation of Bitcoin (BTC) on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain – as a “cash grab” before delisting […]
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New court documents show that BiT Global, a custodian of Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC), is suing Coinbase after the top US-based crypto exchange delisted wBTC in November. In a new complaint, BiT Global accuses Coinbase of using wBTC – the tokenized representation of Bitcoin (BTC) on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain – as a “cash grab” before […]
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Five days ago, Coinbase announced plans to remove wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) from its platform on Dec. 19, 2024. In the days following the announcement, the WBTC supply has contracted. Wrapped Bitcoin’s Supply Drops by 5,844 Coins in 8 Days On Nov. 16, the WBTC supply on Ethereum was recorded at 146,734 coins. Fast forward to […]
Explore how trade-offs between centralization, security, and adoption are shaping wrapped Bitcoin protocols.
Bitcoin (BTC) is the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and an emerging store of value asset. However, its limited programmability has historically restricted its utility in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. Wrapped Bitcoin tokens help address this limitation and facilitate the transfer of Bitcoin’s value to platforms that are faster and more expressive.
However, recent developments have cast a shadow on the reliability of bridged Bitcoin (BTC) tokens. The node infrastructure of renBTC, once a popular BTC bridge, was undermined by its financial dependence on Alameda Research and the project shut down in 2022. WBTC, the largest bridged BTC token, faces scrutiny due to its centralized custodianship, which has been compounded by the recent involvement of Justin Sun in the project.
These concerns have sparked interest in how bridged Bitcoin protocols operate. To that effect, Cointelegraph Research has undertaken a comparative analysis of four prominent Bitcoin bridging solutions—wBTC, renBTC, cbBTC and tBTC. The article provides readers with an in-depth dive into the respective architectures, market performance, recent developments and future prospects.
Coinbase has already discontinued market trading of WBTC and is only facilitating limit orders.
Coinbase will be suspending trading of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) in December, citing undisclosed failures to meet the cryptocurrency exchange’s standards for listing tokens, Coinbase said.
“We regularly monitor the assets on our exchange to ensure they meet our listing standards. Based on our most recent review, Coinbase will suspend trading for wBTC (wBTC) on December 19, 2024, on or around 12pm ET,” Coinbase said in a Nov. 19 post on the X platform.
Coinbase has already discontinued market trading of WBTC and is only facilitating trades in in the form of limit orders.
This Op-Ed explores if there is a way out of the centralization cycle for wrapped Bitcoin. TLDR: The Greeks wrote about Sisyphus, eternally pushing his boulder uphill, only for it to roll back down. In crypto, we keep pushing Bitcoin toward decentralization, only to watch wrapped versions roll back into centralized hands. Is this our […]
The deployment will allow users to utilize Bitcoin in Solana’s burgeoning DeFi ecosystem, according to Coinbase.
America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has deployed its version of wrapped Bitcoin on the layer-1 blockchain Solana as it seeks to expand the adoption of the asset in decentralized finance (DeFi).
“This is the first token Coinbase has issued on Solana, and with it, we’re excited to bring easy access to BTC,” the company said in a post on X announcing the deployment on Nov. 7.
Coinbase added that cbBTC will take the form of a Solana Program Library (SPL) token, a Solana-based token that can represent both fungible and non-fungible assets.
Kraken has launched KBTC, a wrapped bitcoin product fully backed 1:1 by bitcoin and compatible with multiple networks. KBTC aims to expand bitcoin’s use beyond its native chain and into decentralized finance (defi) ecosystems. Kraken Introduces KBTC to Enhance Bitcoin’s Utility Across Networks Kraken’s KBTC is an ERC20 token that allows bitcoin (BTC) to interact […]