Tokenized Bitcoin

Hunt for Yield: Wrapped BTC Now Holds More Than 1% of Bitcoin’s Circulating Supply

The trend shows how some savvy crypto traders have pivoted to salvage or maintain returns even as bitcoin's price tumbled.

Markets  ·  15 June 2021

Wrapped Bitcoin ‘Burns’ Outpaced Minting for the First Time in December

BitGo “unwrapped” over 11,600 WBTC last month.

Markets  ·  9 January 2021
BitGo

Record $616M of Wrapped Bitcoin Minted in September

Monthly value of minted WBTC grew 160% from August.

Markets  ·  5 October 2020
Bitcoin

Supply of Tokenized Bitcoin on Ethereum Now Tops $1.1B: Here’s Why

The supply of BitGo’s wrapped bitcoins (WBTC) topped 76,000 after setting an all-time record of nearly 21,000 WBTC minted within one week. Here’s why.

Tech  ·  22 September 2020
Tokenized Bitcoin

Bitcoin Supply on Ethereum Tops $1B

More than 92,000 bitcoins have been tokenized on Ethereum.

Markets  ·  17 September 2020
FTX

Alameda Research Claimed Nearly 70% of Wrapped Bitcoin Minted in August

The firm claimed 14,654 WBTC in August following approval of its Compound collateral proposal.

Markets  ·  4 September 2020
DeFi

Ren Just Had a Great Week as Demand for Bitcoin on DeFi Rises

Prices for ren, the token for the RenVM DeFi network, experienced a great week, as the demand for bitcoin rises on DeFi.

Markets  ·  19 August 2020
Tokenized Bitcoin

Bitcoins Are Being Tokenized Faster Than They’re Mined as DeFi Craze Continues

The decentralized finance craze is causing demand for tokenized bitcoin to surge.

Markets  ·  15 August 2020
wBTC

Nearly $100M in Bitcoin Moved to Ethereum in July, Led by Retail Traders

Over 76% of tokenized bitcoin have been minted by Wrapped Bitcoin.

Markets  ·  1 August 2020
Bitcoin

Nearly $60M in Bitcoin Moved to Ethereum in June

Nearly $60 million worth of bitcoins moved to Ethereum during June, 75% of which came through Wrapped Bitcoin.

Markets  ·  7 July 2020