Proof-of-reserves information from auditing company Mazars Group demonstrated cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.comclients' assets were fully backed one-to-one, according to a statement made by the firm on Friday.
This cameafter competing exchange Binance on Wednesday produced a comparable report from the same auditor that appeared to prove its reserves.
On Dec. 7, Mazars performed a similar comparison to Binance between customer balances and assets held at on-chain addresses on Crypto.com.
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It demonstratedmore than 100% of in-scope assets were under Crypto.com's ownership.
According to Crypto.com CEOKris Marszalek, "Providing audited Proof-of-Reserves is an important step for the entire industry to increase transparency and begin the process of restoring trust.
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Earlier this week, a report by Mazars proved Binance BNB/USD had101% collateralization of its Bitcoin BTC/USD holdings, meaningthe crypto exchange hadmore than enough Bitcoin to cover customer deposits.
As of Nov.22 at midnight UTC, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world had a 101% collateralization ratio of 575,742 Bitcoinin net customer deposits.
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