WhiteBIT CoinWBT
The token of the WhiteBIT exchange, which issues it, burns it weekly and uses it as Whitechain's gas.
The short version
WhiteBIT Coin is issued by WhiteBIT, a European crypto exchange founded in 2018, and is the gas coin of its Whitechain network, which moved to an Ethereum OP Stack layer 2 in 2026. WhiteBIT puts 33% of trading fees and 5% of other income into weekly buybacks and burns until half of the 400M supply is gone, burning 32,426 WBT on 1 Oct 2026. About 60% of total supply is not in circulation. On 31 Oct 2026 one WBT cost C$103.68. From 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026 its price changed +30.7% in Canadian dollars, and it was 16.0% below its all-time high of C$123.46 set on 23 Sep 2026.[1]
Facts checked 2 Nov 2026 · 13 sources · next update about 1 Dec 2026
Price, past year
Past year: high C$122.61 (5 Oct 2026) · low C$60.09 (7 Jun 2026) · +33.2%[1]
Month-end prices (table)
| Date | C$ | US$ |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | C$103.56 | US$74.18 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | C$118.86 | US$83.49 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | C$99.07 | US$71.45 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | C$79.23 | US$56.48 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | C$68.00 | US$47.86 |
| 31 May 2026 | C$74.34 | US$53.88 |
| 30 Apr 2026 | C$73.37 | US$53.85 |
| 31 Mar 2026 | C$71.58 | US$51.35 |
| 28 Feb 2026 | C$66.21 | US$48.54 |
| 31 Jan 2026 | C$68.68 | US$50.64 |
| 31 Dec 2025 | C$78.09 | US$56.98 |
| 30 Nov 2025 | C$81.78 | US$58.50 |
Daily prices from CoinGecko; C$ converted at the Bank of Canada daily rate. The latest point is live when available. Past prices, not a forecast.
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Key facts
Checks: the same 9 questions for every coin
Facts, not a ratingEach answer is a fact with a source, not a score. What each check means.
Who controls it
- Issuer
- WhiteBIT (W Group), a European exchange established in 2018; its EU company got MiCA authorisation in Austria in Jun 2026[7, 8]
- Admin powers
- A single owner wallet can blacklist addresses, destroy their balances and pause all transfers; no mint function[2, 4]
- Largest wallets
- Two Ethereum addresses hold 36% and 18% of the 165M WBT on Ethereum; 15% sits at a burn address[4]
Supply
Use and fees
Trading
History
Not a forecastCoins ranked 11-50 at this point in past cycles (12-14 months after a Bitcoin peak), one year later: 1,080 cases, 157 coins
46% were higher a year later[12]
- Typical result
- Median -6% after a year; 61% higher after two years
- Lost half or more
- 25% within a year
- Against Bitcoin
- 12% did better than Bitcoin over the year
History, not a forecast.
Red flags and things to watch
1 red flag found- Red flag: The contract owner, a single wallet, can blacklist any address, destroy its balance and pause all transfers (functions confirmed in the verified contract).[2, 13]
- WhiteBIT burned 32,426 WBT (about US$2.72M) on 1 Oct 2026 under its weekly buyback programme.[8]
- Whitechain migrated from its own layer 1 to an Ethereum OP Stack layer 2 in 2026; WBT balances carry over and supply is unchanged.[10, 3]
- Funds 1 and 2 took 85% of supply at launch; about 175M WBT (60% of total) sits outside circulation with no named holder or release plan (2 Nov 2026).[5, 6]
Checked: admin keys, contract upgrades, unlocks, insider supply, hacks, legal actions and claims against records.
Sources and dates
- CoinGecko market data, 31 Oct 2026
- Blockscout (WBT contract), 2 Nov 2026
- Invezz (WBT tokenomics), 24 Aug 2026
- GoPlus token security (Ethereum), 1 Nov 2026
- Tokenomist (WhiteBIT)
- CoinGecko markets, 2 Nov 2026
- CoinGecko (WhiteBIT Coin profile), 2 Nov 2026
- CryptoTicker (1 Oct 2026 burn, MiCA), 3 Oct 2026
- DefiLlama hacks, 2 Nov 2026
- Whitechain
- Bank of Canada USD/CAD rate, 31 Oct 2025
- CoinIvy history data: CoinMarketCap weekly rankings 2013-2026, dead coins included
- Ethereum RPC eth_call and eth_getCode (owner), 2 Nov 2026
Facts as of 31 Oct 2026. Prices from CoinGecko in Canadian and US dollars; US$ figures without a C$ price are converted at 1.3976 C$ per US$.