BlackRock BUIDL vs WBTC

BUIDL is BlackRock’s tokenised U.S. Treasury fund issued on Ethereum in partnership with Securitize. Each share represents ownership in a money‑market fund holding short‑dated Treasuries and reverse repos, with NAV updated daily on chain. Qualified holders can redeem tokens for cash within T+1 settlement, and yield is streamed to wallets every business day.

Wrapped BTC (WBTC) is a Bitcoin‑backed ERC‑20 minted by BitGo under a multi‑sig controlled by merchants and custodians. Each token is 1:1 redeemable for BTC, with reserves published every 24 hours and verifiable on chain. WBTC accounts for more than 70 % of tokenised bitcoin on Ethereum and serves as core collateral for Aave, Maker and Compound.