Collateral pool is held in two primary locations:
On-chain smart contract wallet; and
Institutional custody.
Majority of ETH and BTC collateral is held on-chain, in a smart contract wallet linked to the protocol mint and redemption smart contract (Etherscanarrow-up-right).
A portion of collateral pool is designated as margin for futures positions and held at institutional custody wallets outside of exchanges:
Fireblocks
Deribit
Standalone on-chain wallet (Etherscanarrow-up-right)
Bybit
Ceffu
Binance
Omnibus wallet
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