Wrapped BTC Is Coming to Ethereum - by Kai Sedgwick

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Wrapped BTC Is Coming to Ethereum
news.bitcoin.com
by Kai Sedgwick
October 27th, 2018

Excerpt:

BTC is poised to make its Ethereum debut. An initiative involving several decentralized exchanges (DEXs) as well as crypto-custodians Bitgo will introduce ”BTC-backed” WBTC, with the W standing for “wrapped.” When WBTC launches in January 2019, it will enable ethereum-based ”bitcoin” to be traded on DEXs, boosting liquidity and opening the Ethereum ecosystem to a wider audience.

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The Wrapped Bitcoin Project Has Officially Launched on Ethereum
news.bitcoin.com
by Jamie Redman
January 30th, 2018

Excerpt:

On Jan. 30, a group of cryptocurrency developers and organizations officially launched a project called Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) on the Ethereum network. The ERC20 token is a coin backed by bitcoin core (BTC) reserves and has started trading on several exchange platforms.

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