加密货币交易所 Kraken 推出打包比特币代币 kBTC

该代币将在以太坊和 OP 主网上提供。

Major crypto exchange Kraken has launched its own wrapped bitcoin (BTC) token, known as kBTC, according to an exclusive interview with CoinDesk.

根据 CoinDesk 的独家采访，主要加密货币交易所 Kraken 推出了自己的包装比特币 (BTC) 代币，称为 kBTC。

The token will be available on both Ethereum and OP Mainnet, and will be backed 1:1 with bitcoin, a company spokesperson told CoinDesk. The bitcoin will be custodied in Kraken Financial, the exchange's U.S. qualified custody solution, in a segregated wallet. The address of this wallet will be made public so that customers can verify the bitcoin is in full reserve.

该公司发言人告诉 CoinDesk，该代币将在以太坊和 OP 主网上提供，并将以 1:1 的比例与比特币支持。比特币将由该交易所的美国合格托管解决方案 Kraken Financial 托管在隔离钱包中。该钱包的地址将被公开，以便客户可以验证比特币是否已全额储备。

Wrapped tokens, which allow unsupported crypto assets like bitcoin and ether (ETH) to be traded, lent and borrowed on decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, are used extensively in the DeFi ecosystem. The largest such token, WBTC, enables investors to use their bitcoin on other blockchains, and has a key role in lending DeFi as collateral, with a market capitalization of around $10 billion.

打包代币允许在去中心化金融 (DeFi) 平台上交易、借贷等不受支持的加密资产，例如比特币和以太坊 (ETH)，在 DeFi 生态系统中得到广泛使用。此类代币中最大的代币 WBTC 使投资者能够在其他区块链上使用其比特币，并在作为抵押品借贷 DeFi 方面发挥着关键作用，市值约为 100 亿美元。

Kraken is not the only major player to have recently launched a wrapped bitcoin token. There have been a slew of new issues after BitGo, the sole custodian for WBTC, announced a tie up with Tron founder Justin Sun, prompting widespread concern. Rival exchange Coinbase (COIN) launched its own wrapped bitcoin product, the Coinbase Wrapped BTC (cbBTC) on the Ethereum and Base networks, last month.

Kraken 并不是最近推出打包比特币代币的唯一主要参与者。 WBTC 唯一托管人 BitGo 宣布与 Tron 创始人孙宇晨合作后，出现了一系列新问题，引发了广泛关注。竞争对手交易所 Coinbase (COIN) 上个月在以太坊和 Base 网络上推出了自己的包装比特币产品 Coinbase Wrapped BTC (cbBTC)。

At launch, kBTC will be supported across several blue-chip DeFi apps, and its partners will include: Kraken, Kraken Wallet, Ethereum, Optimism, Paraswap, Yearn, Gauntlet, deBridge, Definitive, CowSwap, Beefy, Velodrome, Curve and Morpho.

kBTC 推出后将得到多个蓝筹 DeFi 应用程序的支持，其合作伙伴包括：Kraken、Kraken Wallet、Ethereum、Optimism、Paraswap、Yearn、Gauntlet、deBridge、Definitive、CowSwap、Beefy、Velodrome、Curve 和 Morpho。

There won't be any supported spot markets for kBTC at launch, Kraken said, but if clients want to use their bitcoin they can redeem it for the underlying and trade it as they would normally do.

Kraken 表示，kBTC 在推出时不会有任何受支持的现货市场，但如果客户想要使用他们的比特币，他们可以将其兑换为标的资产并像平常一样进行交易。

The minimum deposit size for kBTC on both Ethereum and Optimism will be 0.00026 BTC, which is around $15, assuming a bitcoin price of $60,000.

以太坊和 Optimism 上 kBTC 的最低存款额均为 0.00026 BTC，假设比特币价格为 60,000 美元，约合 15 美元。

The token launch is part of Kraken's mission to accelerate the adoption of DeFi, and kBTC is expected to be widely used across the ecosystem.

此次代币的推出是 Kraken 加速 DeFi 采用的使命的一部分，kBTC 预计将在整个生态系统中得到广泛使用。

"We believe in an onchain future and DeFi represents a key part of that opportunity," said Mark Greenberg, Kraken's global head of asset growth and management, in emailed comments. "kBTC relies on Kraken's long history of seamless UX and top-of-the-range security, bringing DeFi to new users and accelerating the adoption of decentralized applications," he added.

Kraken 全球资产增长和管理主管 Mark Greenberg 在电子邮件评论中表示：“我们相信链上的未来，而 DeFi 代表了这一机会的关键部分。”他补充道：“kBTC 依靠 Kraken 悠久的无缝用户体验和顶级安全性历史，为新用户带来 DeFi，并加速去中心化应用程序的采用。”