Wrapped Bitcoin


Mercados

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Snaps Up $21.5M in WBTC, ETH, MOVE

The WLFI purchases come days ahead of a White House Crypto Summit scheduled on Mar. 7.

Donald Trump (BarBus/Pixabay)

Mercados

Could Bitcoin Become DeFi’s Collateral of Choice? Lombard Finance Says So

Lombard Finance aims to produce a yield-bearing bitcoin token, and potentially unleash a new wave of liquidity into the DeFi ecosystem.

Lombard Finance co-founder Jacob Philips. (Credit: Lombard Finance)

Tecnología

Coinbase Delists Wrapped Bitcoin wBTC, Citing 'Listing Concerns'

Announcement comes shortly after the exchange launched its own ‘wrapped’ bitcoin on Base – cbBTC

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Tecnología

Justin Sun Might Be Good for Wrapped Bitcoin, Says New Custodian's Director

Robert Liu, a member of the board of Hong Kong-based BiT Global, which was recently added by BitGo as an additional custodian to the bitcoin-on-Ethereum token known as wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), notes in an exclusive interview that Tron founder Justin Sun has come to the aid of customers in the past.

Tron party at Bitcoin Nasvhille (Bradley Keoun)

Finanzas

Crypto Exchange Kraken Launches Wrapped Bitcoin Token kBTC

The token will be available on both Ethereum and OP Mainnet.

Kraken Crypto App

Finanzas

DeFi Lending Giant Sky Sets Vote to Offload Wrapped Bitcoin as Justin Sun Concerns Linger

The action could impact $200 million of DeFi loans in the Sky ecosystem should the proposal pass.

A cardboard cutout of Tron founder Justin Sun (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finanzas

Coinbase's Version of Wrapped Bitcoin, 'cbBTC,' Goes Live

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 (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

Tecnología

The Protocol: Now Everyone's Putting a Wrapper on Bitcoin

In this week's issue of CoinDesk's newsletter on blockchain technology, we're covering the drama surrounding "wrapped bitcoin" as Tron founder Justin Sun assumes a custody role, signs of upheaval in the Urbit ecosystem and the rise of dark pools on Ethereum.

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Finanzas

Coinbase Promotes cbBTC, Wrapped Bitcoin Alternative for Base Blockchain

Tweets from the crypto exchange and Jesse Pollak, the creator of Base, suggest cbBTC could run on the layer-2 blockchain.

Coinbase (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

Tecnología

Blockchain Project Interlay Wants its New Platform to Become a ‘One-Stop-Shop for Bitcoin DeFi’

“We've only seen the tip of the iceberg with bitcoin DeFi today,” said Interlay CEO and Co-founder Alexei Zamyatin in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk.

Interlay founders Dominik Harz (left) and Alexei Zamyatin (right) (Interlay)

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