$98,626.00
-0.05%$3,371.46
0.12%$258.87
-0.23%$668.81
6.34%$1.54
10.75%$0.462716
18.61%$1.093
26.13%$1.00
-0.01%$3,369.16
0.14%$0.211136
6.19%$42.42
16.62%$0.00002709
9.11%$3,989.39
-0.29%$98,206.00
-0.62%$5.64
2.79%$0.4405
54.69%$7.68
26.10%$16.89
10.98%$534.02
9.23%$3.60
1.20%$3,369.06
0.10%$0.00002189
3.63%$8.64
-0.88%$102.74
13.38%$6.27
10.50%$12.67
6.14%$10.52
12.07%$3,546.15
0.01%$0.150407
10.69%$11.09
15.02%$1.00
0.16%$0.19036
-0.30%$29.71
5.95%$0.545532
18.47%$7.90
8.28%$0.160058
6.26%$531.54
6.05%$1.002
0.04%$0.00005047
-1.50%$0.04380447
34.33%$24.62
-0.89%$1.36
6.97%$3.46
4.85%$0.837328
5.42%$3.76
0.15%$8.02
20.00%$5.16
11.36%$2.07
7.01%$50.44
9.65%$162.26
1.13%$0.850869
-0.11%$28.73
15.33%$2.23
4.93%$178.53
6.31%$6.16
11.60%$1.54
12.78%$0.00026157
1.50%$0.294843
21.68%$0.863517
21.22%$0.250315
13.58%$0.528907
8.90%$1.001
0.21%$1.52
3.13%$3,368.49
0.25%$5.75
6.57%$1.92
12.75%$0.656503
6.72%$6.05
-1.16%$3,756.49
0.07%$0.168014
2.39%$98,711.00
-0.03%$2.38
5.05%$3,532.92
-0.08%$1.16
3.15%$1.082
9.17%$98,301.00
-0.27%$3,456.32
0.22%$1.53
-2.79%$0.410218
1.07%$100.71
16.99%$1,636.00
-2.23%$72.12
6.34%$21.47
18.63%$11.05
9.19%$319.66
-0.06%$11.34
2.35%$0.00000138
18.68%$0.0316883
10.06%$0.823924
14.18%$0.548366
19.29%$0.02297236
4.25%$1.20
-3.62%$0.02285554
6.07%$1.18
4.64%$0.774637
10.25%$1.28
5.35%$0.544735
7.86%$0.0223359
8.33%$98,872.00
0.61%$3.16
0.48%$273.37
-0.12%$14.75
9.90%$6.59
12.60%$5.87
4.51%$0.00000259
-12.27%$3,334.52
-1.22%$0.169481
2.82%$35.26
16.83%$1.39
8.69%$98,529.00
-0.09%$12.03
4.39%$0.4662
19.54%$3.89
3.04%$97,385.00
-1.32%$0.399706
12.53%$1.36
1.61%$1.005
4.37%$0.491139
15.13%$0.00004707
6.20%$0.810317
6.28%$1.25
7.79%$263.06
-0.13%$0.01002026
0.75%$3,446.11
-0.55%$0.879192
-6.57%$5.32
5.10%$1.35
2.09%$0.735064
9.50%$39.81
6.63%$0.054024
21.50%$0.00191107
2.85%$0.225193
24.25%$0.168674
8.46%$0.00761294
4.90%$0.999015
0.21%$0.083462
9.55%$48.39
6.84%$0.00726998
-5.94%$0.256213
10.79%$271.07
1.64%$3,369.86
0.22%$0.00975833
2.96%$2,718.55
0.67%$2.12
2.35%$3,369.09
0.02%$20.03
2.33%$0.098026
16.95%$0.768427
8.95%$0.0001182
5.33%$1.98
7.99%$0.996608
-0.05%$1.39
8.77%$0.01393725
5.91%$2.13
8.73%$3,649.65
0.07%$0.488854
18.93%$0.16322
7.26%$1.32
4.67%$33.38
0.91%$0.284877
12.66%$1.00
0.05%$0.190544
3.96%$3,369.36
0.18%$98,783.00
-0.26%$62.33
14.30%$0.00802259
1.89%$1.50
5.83%$1.083
3.26%$2,737.41
1.49%$0.538902
-1.80%$0.496563
7.58%$0.079952
-0.46%$2.19
8.72%$98,616.00
0.00%$0.00000025
4.52%$0.071277
8.61%$3,344.12
0.22%$98,702.00
-0.02%$0.00000051
5.78%$0.536487
-3.59%$1.001
0.01%$2.64
1.43%$8.60
1.35%$0.072591
8.01%$3,365.59
-0.13%$0.00142481
-7.64%$3.98
1.33%$3.65
6.58%$0.468285
-12.84%$0.365427
7.17%$0.02396747
12.88%$0.244784
8.52%$1.075
9.40%$0.00833548
8.73%$1.064
-1.34%$0.790778
10.69%$3,611.08
0.06%$0.04626953
7.94%$0.01405327
5.89%$1.001
0.03%$3,373.34
0.35%$3.87
6.10%$0.453483
-7.32%$1.022
5.37%$0.999864
-0.05%$49.64
16.54%$3,522.48
-0.05%$0.00236031
9.17%$0.429817
-7.89%$11.54
8.55%$8.35
4.18%$26.22
23.70%$0.586122
7.82%$0.41084
-0.10%$0.99577
-0.35%$96.78
-1.47%$1.93
5.50%$0.00495784
4.03%$1.064
0.21%$1.85
13.13%$3.77
11.19%$6.47
-3.73%$0.22242
10.00%$0.465422
4.63%$0.00
8.75%$3.63
2.69%$3,720.13
0.36%$1,980.43
-0.04%$31.53
7.85%$0.377751
4.10%$0.336772
1.01%$98,362.00
-0.22%$0.03706722
9.77%$3,575.18
-0.06%$1.001
0.01%$0.00637297
3.77%$0.245251
11.22%$0.03812506
-8.90%$0.04489337
5.97%$0.93511
8.21%$0.693467
5.57%$4.61
1.08%$1.39
0.53%$0.02436625
6.02%$0.03570331
5.54%$0.865802
-2.48%$97,697.00
-0.05%$0.02040488
3.63%
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) can now be used as collateral on the Ethereum-based Compound protocol. Compound recently became the most utilized decentralized finance (DeFi) application in existence, with almost $1 billion in decentralized loans currently outstanding.
The addition of Wrapped Bitcoin to Compound follows a community proposal which was floated to Compound holders in May 2020. After two months of deliberation, the Compound community voted in favor of adding WBTC to the lending protocol, at 533,899 votes against 523,974, on May 12.
Wrapped Bitcoin is an Ethereum-based token with a 1:1 peg against the real Bitcoin. WBTC gives Bitcoin holders the chance to use applications built on Ethereum.
The closeness of the vote to include WBTC among Compound’s list of approved assets could be a sign of uncertainty surrounding Wrapped Bitcoin. According to the writers of the initial community proposal, WBTC suffers from “a single point of failure,” and is not “trustless.”
Proposal 016 has passed;
533,998 COMP ✅
523,974 COMP ⛔️After a two-day waiting period, the WBTC Collateral Factor will be raised to 40%.
— Compound Labs (@compoundfinance) July 12, 2020
The advantages of adding WBTC as collateral, according to the proposal, include the diversification of cryptocurrencies used on Compound. Also, the addition of WBTC to another major De-Fi lender, MakerDAO, prompted the opportunity for increased interoperability between Maker and Compound.
WBTC will now launch on Compound with a 40% collateral factor, according to a tweet by the WBTC team on July 12. That means users can only loan 40% of the value of any WBTC they elect to use as collateral.
The governance has voted in favor of proposal 16
WBTC will have a 40% collateral factor on Compound https://t.co/kARLf4dOUk
— WBTC (@WrappedBTC) July 12, 2020
Previously, WBTC had a collateral factor of 0% on Compound, meaning that loaning assets based on the token was impossible. Regarding WBTC’s status on Compound, the protocol’s founder, Robert Leshner, wrote:
“When WBTC was originally supported, there was approximately $2M of WBTC in existence, and the asset was very immature from a market/liquidity/integration perspective. Separate from the centralization risk, the market risk (liquidation capacity) alone justified a 0% collateral factor.”
But according to Lesher, the BTC market has “developed considerably” since then, and he believes it is now worth “exploring the risk of the asset, and whether it can be used as collateral.”
The DeFi boom is now more open to Bitcoin holders than it was before, but with such a high premium currently placed on collateralizing WBTC, it’s an open question whether they make the leap to Compound.
