On August 9, BitGo introduced that it was transitioning Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) to a brand new “strategic partnership between BitGo, Justin Sun, and the Tron Ecosystem.”
The announcement continued that this associate would would “continue to provide real-time proof-of-reserves.”
Regardless of particularly referencing the Tron ecosystem and promising that real-time proof-of-reserves would additionally proceed, WBTC on TRON, in addition to WETH on TRON, have been faraway from the WBTC dashboard, that means the proof-of-reserves for this token is now not obtainable.
The dashboard now not contains WBTC on Tron however nonetheless options the variations on Ethereum, Base, Kava, and Osmosis.
An on-chain evaluate of WBTC on Tron doesn’t present any substantial modifications within the provide lately. Nevertheless, it’s not at the moment potential to confirm the BTC that’s meant to collateralize these tokens.
These modifications to WBTC come fast on the heels of Solar-advised HTX redeeming hundreds of WBTC it hadn’t beforehand disclosed.
It’s not clear why WBTC made this variation, particularly because it continues to promote on its homepage that it’s “Completely transparent. 100% verifiable.”
This transformation to not disclosing its backing brings WBTC on Tron in keeping with Solar-owned Poloniex’s BTC on Tron product. This product is roughly 1,000 instances bigger than WBTC on Tron, makes up a large portion of all BTC on HTX, and doesn’t disclose the place the backing is held.
Protos has reached out to BitGo, BiT International, WBTC, and Justin Solar however none responded instantly to questions on why these merchandise had been faraway from the web site.