Circle Reveals Wrapped Bitcoin Product With Real-Time Onchain Reserve Verification
Circle announced cirBTC, a new wrapped bitcoin token backed 1:1 by native BTC, designed to give institutional users verifiable, onchain exposure to bitcoin across decentralized finance ( DeFi) and traditional finance (Tr...
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