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Monday, June 23, 2025

The First Exchange to Conduct a Proof-of-Reserves Audit in Crypto Industry, Gate․io Starts Its Second Third-Party Audit – Press release Bitcoin News - Bitcoin News

PRESS RELEASE. Gate.io has announced that it will commence another proof-of-reserves audit to provide user verifiable reserves data through a Merkle tree implementation audited by a leading third-party firm.
In 2020, as the first cryptocurrency exchange in the world to commit to providing 100% collateral, Gate.io has worked closely with Armanino LLP, a leading US audit firm, to successfully provide users with professional and credible asset verification services in an open-source, transparent, and cryptographically-verifiable Merkle tree. The asset verification model was patented by Gate.io in 2020. Performing PoR audits in this model has become one of the commonplaces for exchanges to verify asset security, and Gate.io has set a standard for the industry in asset security verification.
Proof-of-reserves audits in a nutshell
In centralized exchanges, users’ cryptocurrency balances are recorded in a centralized ledger; we’ll refer to this as “effective user reserves.” Additionally,...



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