Binance maintains steady Ethereum reserves, ramps up Bitcoin holdings

Quick Take

  • Binance has been under heavy scrutiny for the past week since the CFTC claimed that Binance had breached its trading and derivatives rules.
  • CryptoSlate did a deep dive into Binance’s proof of reserves (POR), which refers to the on-chain reserves officially disclosed by exchanges.
  • Bitcoin reserves have increased by almost 70,000 BTC; the ETH balance is fairly flat YTD.
  • The three main stablecoins have seen a reduced allocation on Binance’s POR since the start of the year.
  • BUSD has dropped by over $6 billion, USDC has dropped by 600 million, and USDT has dropped by 1.8 billion.
  • As the macro environment is expected to face further turbulence, extra allocation towards Bitcoin would represent a superior war chest for Binance.
BTC and ETH POR: (Source: Glassnode)
BTC and ETH POR: (Source: Glassnode)
Stablecoins POR: (Source: Glassnode)
Stablecoins POR: (Source: Glassnode)

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