On November 23, Wrapped Bitcoin
Starting the day at its valuation of around $98,000, WBTC's price collapsed due to what appeared to be an electronic malfunction in Binance's trading system. Flash crashes, usually triggered by technical errors, have caused similar market disruptions.
Fortunately, the token’s value rebounded almost immediately, closing the daily chart at approximately $97,000. Currently, WBTC continues trading at its regular market price without any residual instability from the incident.
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This event happened only days after Coinbase
The decision has not been without controversy. BiT Global, the entity managing WBTC custody, claimed Coinbase calculated the delisting to prioritize its own wrapped Bitcoin variant, cbBTC.
Coinbase introduced cbBTC in September 2024 despite heated debates over Wrapped Bitcoin's transition to a multi-jurisdiction custody framework. This new arrangement distributed control of the private keys backing WBTC across the United States, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
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