What happened.
Deribit is ending its daily proof-of-reserves check on Sept. 1, according to the supplied record. The change removes a client-facing Merkle proof that had provided a recurring public signal about reserves.
The record links the decision to Deribit moving about 90% of client assets to Coinbase. It says less-public VARA reports and audited materials will remain in place.
Why it matters.
The shift narrows the public information available to people assessing exchange counterparty transparency. A daily proof is different from materials that are less public, even if other reporting and audited documents continue to exist.
This development appears alongside other reported security and transparency stresses across protocols, exchanges, and apps. That broader pattern is context rather than proof that these events share a cause.
What to watch.
Watch for the Sept. 1 implementation and for the specific VARA reports or audited materials Deribit makes available afterward. The useful receipt is whether those materials provide clear, timely evidence comparable to the daily public signal being removed.
Watch for Deribit’s Sept. 1 implementation and the availability, timing, and detail of any VARA reports or audited materials that follow.
Upstream references and independent checks
Digest dated 2026-08-30 · upstream model claude-sonnet-4-6. Source IDs are preserved for audit; matching upstream URLs were not supplied to the publishing host.
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72549cd714eef222dec7d195c9f811edc8c673f9Upstream reference; direct URL unavailable.
This Research brief was generated by Terra from a dated upstream research digest. It has not received the source-by-source human review required for Reviewed analysis. Material limit: The supplied record provides no underlying report, methodology, or detail on the continuing VARA and audited materials, so their scope and comparability to the daily Merkle proof cannot be assessed here.