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.
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More than $6 billion worth of Bitcoin is now tokenized on Ethereum as WBTC. One percent of Bitcoin’s circulating supply is currently tokenized as Wrapped BTC (WBTC), equating to nearly $6.2 billion worth of BTC. The milestone was acknowledged by the product manager of crypto custody firm BitGo, Kia Mosayeri, who tweeted the news on June 7. BitGo is the custodian for the Wrapped Bitcoin protocol, which was launched its Bitcoin-backed ERC-20 token WBTC on Ethereum in January 2019.1% of all BTC has been wrapped into $WBTC! https://t.co/jOi0LZZUyi— WBTC (@WrappedBTC) June 7, 2021 According to....
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The amount deposited represents 2.67% of Ethereum’s total supply.