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OKX posts $37.7b reserves in 35th audit

OKX crypto exchange has published its 35th proof of reserves, verifying it holds more than enough assets to cover user balances. Specifically, the assets are worth $37.7 billion, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and stablecoins all backed at 100% or ￰0￱ exchange reported 125,083 BTC in user assets, a 4,432 BTC addition from August’s ￰1￱ contrast, Ethereum holdings have reduced by 35,011, now standing at 1.7 million ￰2￱ addition, USDT balances were reduced by 248 million to 9.4 billion, representing a 2.56% monthly ￰3￱ most recent numbers show that all assets are fully backed by the exchange, which keeps a 105% Bitcoin reserve ￰4￱ indicates that OKX has 105 BTC in its wallets for every 100 BTC that users ￰5￱ holdings surge as other assets drop The rise in Bitcoin holdings mirrors broader market trends in ￰6￱ change brought OKX’s total Bitcoin user assets to 125,083 ￰7￱ is split between 119,372 BTC held directly by the exchange and 12,458 BTC in third-party ￰8￱ exchange’s 105% reserve ratio means OKX maintains 131,830 BTC in total wallet assets, keeping an extra buffer above user ￰9￱ has released its 35th Proof of Reserves (snapshot date: September 2).

User BTC holdings stand at approximately 125K, up 3.67% from the previous report (August 18), with an increase of 4,432 ￰10￱ holdings are around 1.704 million, down 2.01%, a decrease of 35,011 ETH. USDT… ￰11￱ — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) October 1, 2025 While Bitcoin holdings increased, other major assets on OKX saw small ￰12￱ assets decreased by 2.01%, with the exchange maintaining a 103% reserve ￰13￱ means OKX holds 1.751 million ETH in wallet assets, divided between 1.65 million ETH on the exchange and 100,691 ETH in third-party ￰14￱ holdings showed the largest percentage drop, reducing by 2.56%. The stablecoin maintains a 105% reserve ratio, with OKX holding 9.9 billion USDT in total wallet assets.

Additionally, USDC holdings declined by 1.17% to reach $ 1.14 ￰15￱ stablecoin holds a 100% reserve ￰16￱ the cryptocurrencies that OKX accepts, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has the most coverage at 118% of user deposits; however, this is not the case for all of OKX’s supported ￰17￱ reserve levels of 105% for Bitcoin, 103% for Ethereum, and 102% for Solana, the exchange’s risk management is clearly ￰18￱ on these percentages, OKX has between $102 and $118 in assets for every $100 that users ￰19￱ other altcoins, XRP maintains 108% reserve ratios, ETC maintains 107% reserve ratios, while Dogecoin sits at 101%. This consistency in over-collateralization extends to smaller market cap assets, with most maintaining ratios between 100% and 105%.

Custody distribution and security measures With the majority of its assets held directly on the exchange, OKX also makes use of third-party custody ￰20￱ of all the Bitcoins in circulation, more than 90% are held directly by exchanges, while 10% are held by third-party ￰21￱ addition, 6% of Ethereum’s total external assets are in third-party custody, which is about the same as ￰22￱ 3.3% of USDT’s equities are held by third ￰23￱ types determine the custody ￰24￱ all assets for OKX tokens, including APT, BCH, and LINK, are under direct exchange ￰25￱ introduces OKX Pay As reported by Cryptopolitan, OKX CEO Star Xu unveiled OKX Pay at the TOKEN2049 ￰26￱ is a self-custodial, stablecoin-based payment service that is now live in ￰27￱ to Xu, users can use QR codes to pay and earn approximately 4% APY and 3–4% cash ￰28￱ service, based on OKX’s X Layer Ethereum L2, will reintroduce peer-to-peer payments and establish stablecoins as the world’s primary payment ￰29￱ said that this mode of payment is cheaper and more ￰30￱ example, domestic card payments are very inexpensive, but cross-border transactions can cost 1–3%.

Xu added that Stablecoins are global by design, and P2P transfer does not compromise security or compliance. “Our vision is that, within a few years, users will be able to travel freely worldwide with just stablecoins and the OKX app, enjoy yields higher than banks, and receive more cashback on every transaction,” he ￰31￱ is planned for Brazil, Europe, and the ￰32￱ smartest crypto minds already read our ￰33￱ in? Join them .

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