Head to head
Comparisons with the method stated up front: what was measured, on what date, from which source, and who each option is actually wrong for. No affiliate ranking dressed as research, and no use of the word "best" without a stated basis for it. Where we cannot measure something we say so rather than scoring it anyway.
August 15, 2026
Both stablecoins publish reserve disclosures, but attestation and audit are not the same check. Here is what each issuer has actually shown, and where the sourcing runs out.
An ETF share is a claim on bitcoin held by a named custodian, not the coin itself — and CoinDesk's own custodian list for four major funds contradicts a CoinShares executive's claim that issuers are 'all using one custodian.'…