OKX latest proof of reserves reveals $8.9B in assets

The worldwide cryptocurrency change OKX launched its fifth proof-of-reserves (PoR) report, a apply it began in November 2022 to spice up transparency within the business. 

According to the newest version, OKX holds $8.9 billion throughout Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and Tether (USDT). This places the reserve ratios of BTC, ETH and USDT at 103%, 103% and 102%, respectively.

This newest launch additionally comes because the change upgraded its PoR system with extra transparency by making full liabilities (the overall steadiness of person deposits) publicly accessible.

Cointelegraph spoke with Lennix Lai, the managing director of International Institutional at OKX, relating to these additional steps towards transparency.

Lai stated that current occasions within the business spotlight that “crypto-native challenges require crypto-native options.”

“The blockchain and crypto/Web3 business is constructed on know-how that allows trustless transactions on public blockchains, and this inherent transparency is extremely worthwhile.”

Many exchanges within the business — like Binance, Crypto.com and Bybit — have launched Merkle-Tree-based verification proofs to protect the business’s integrity after the FTX scandal.

“The FTX disaster had a silver lining in that it made profitable corporations double down on safety and transparency and motivated the business to innovate on this space.”

Lai stated the brand new mantra of the business is “don’t belief — confirm.” He stated over 300,000 customers have already considered the reserves or verified their liabilities within the OKX ecosystem.

The brand new transparency mechanism that made the overall steadiness of person deposits seen to the general public maintains person privateness, nonetheless, by means of splitting and shuffling account liabilities within the tree by means of an answer referred to as “splitting leaf nodes.“

In line with Lai, OKX may also add zero-knowledge proof to our PoR within the coming weeks.

Associated: Tether’s assets exceed liabilities in new reserves report by BDO

After the crash of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), transparency within the larger monetary business has grow to be much more of a speaking level. Lai stated throughout occasions of uncertainty, such because the banking disaster: 

“Proof of reserves can present customers with real-time, on-chain verification of reserves and liabilities by means of clear know-how — on this method, conventional finance differs from crypto.”

Nonetheless, again on March 8, the Public Firm Accounting Oversight Board, a United States-based watchdog overseeing audits of public firms, issued a warning to investors about PoRs. The board stated these reviews “don’t present any significant assurance to traders or the general public.”

Nonetheless, firms within the crypto business proceed efforts in transparency. On Feb. 10, Binance additionally upgraded its PoR system to incorporate zk-SNARKS.