On August 9 final 12 months, a press release introduced that Justin Solar and BiT International had been getting concerned with Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC).
It claimed that this new route would come with “the Tron ecosystem, which is the leading blockchain that presently hosts the largest circulating supply of USDT stablecoins in the world.”
When this announcement was made, Wrapped Bitcoin already had a WBTC on TRON product that had launched in 2021. Nonetheless, it was hardly ever used, with roughly 100 bitcoins (BTC) used on this manner.
After the announcement and with Solar’s involvement, Wrapped Bitcoin made the choice to take away the WBTC on TRON dashboard from its web site, eliminating disclosure about accepted companions and, extra importantly, the place the BTC backing the product was saved.
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Extra just lately, TRONSCAN not shows the WBTC on TRON with the analytics that it used to show.
Reviewing the sensible contract for WBTC on TRON reveals that the newest switch for the token was over two months in the past on April 15, exhibiting that it’s nonetheless not generally used.
Moreover, querying the contract utilizing TRONSCAN nonetheless reveals roughly 100 BTC for this undertaking.
BitGo, BiT International, Wrapped Bitcoin, and Solar haven’t introduced any particular change to this product, however the adjustments on TRONSCAN and Wrapped Bitcoin’s web site counsel that it’s being deemphasized.
The dearth of transparency that the undertaking has now places it extra according to Solar’s different wrapped BTC product provided by his change Poloniex. This additionally doesn’t disclose the place the BTC backing the product is saved.
Protos reached out to BitGo, BiT International, and Wrapped Bitcoin for readability on a few of these points associated to WBTC on TRON, however they didn’t instantly reply.
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