Grayscale refuses to share proof of reserves due to security concerns as shares trade at a 45% discount to bitcoin

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/21/grayscale-wont-share-proof-of-reserves-due-to-security-concerns.html
Published: Nov 21, 2022
Author: Mike Rivero
Post Date: 2022-11-21 12:32:01 by Horse
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Grayscale, the asset manager running the world’s largest bitcoin fund, said in a statement that it won’t share its proof of reserves with customers.

“Due to security concerns, we do not make such on-chain wallet information and confirmation data publicly available through a cryptographic Proof-of-Reserve, or other advanced cryptographic accounting procedure,” said a statement Friday.

Following the implosion of FTX and its subsequent bankruptcy proceedings exposing that customer funds were missing, multiple crypto exchanges have jumped to release proof-of-reserve audits in order to assuage investor concerns over the safety of their funds. Others, like Binance, say they soon plan to do so.

Grayscale wrote in a tweet that it realized that failing to disclose a proof of reserves would be a “disappointment to some,” but added that a “panic sparked by others is not a good enough reason to circumvent complex security arrangements” that have kept its investors’ assets “safe for years.”


Poster Comment:

Sort of like buying physical gold and depositing it at the FED!!

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#1: Lod    To: Horse (#0)

I'm thankful that I never understood bitcoin.

Lod posted on 2022-11-21 13:45:45   Reply   Private Reply


#2: Pinguinite    To: Horse (#0)

Grayscale, the asset manager running the world’s largest bitcoin fund, said in a statement that it won’t share its proof of reserves with customers.

Indeed it is, and it's non necessary, unless one trusts themselves to securely store their crypto less than they trust both someone else to store it safely AND trusts that persons good will combined. I've not lost any crypto whatsoever in this FTX disaster because all my crypto is in my own wallet.

Pinguinite posted on 2022-11-21 17:18:04   Reply   Private Reply