With a market cap now over $1.5 billion, Wrapped Bitcoin makes up 80% of the total BTC held on Ethereum.
Wrapped Bitcoin reached all-time highs today in terms of market capitalization and number of tokens.
WBTC is the most popular version of Bitcoin tokenized for use on the Ethereum network.
According to the official website, there currently is a record total of 116,885 WBTC, backed by an equal number of BTC held by custodians.
The market cap of WBTC now tops $1.58 billion.
This makes WBTC Ethereum's sixth-largest token by market cap, after Crypto.com Coin, USD Coin, Chainlink, BNB, and at number one, Tether USD. WBTC moved up the rankings in the past week to surpass Compound Dai, OKB and Bitfinex's LEO Token.
WBTC is currently the 18th-largest cryptocurrency by market cap overall.
An ERC-20 token backed 1:1 by BTC reserves, Wrapped Bitcoin accounts for 80% percent of the $2 billion worth of BTC on the Ethereum network.
Although recent gains made by BTC also contribute to the rising market cap of WBTC, the primary factor propelling its sudden growth is increasing demand.
While the first Wrapped Bitcoin was minted back in January 2019, daily trading volume for the token didn't surpass $1 million until late July of this year.
Wrapped Bitcoin is now Ethereum's 6th Largest Token
Published on Oct 30, 2020
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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