# sBTC peg holds about 2,441 BTC, 51% below its June 2025 peak; 11 signer keys with 8 required

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/sbtc-peg-holds-about-2-441-btc-51-below-its-june-2025-peak-11-signer-d94a066f
Date: 26 Aug 2026
About: [Stacks (Stacks Labs, Stacks Foundation)](https://technooptimist.io/companies/stacks.md) · [sBTC (bitcoin on Stacks)](https://technooptimist.io/crypto/sbtc.md)
Original source: https://phemex.com/academy/what-is-sbtc-and-how-bitcoin-moves-onto-stacks

An exchange explainer read the sBTC contract on August 25, 2026: 2,441.3 sBTC outstanding, matching DefiLlama's count of BTC in the peg to within 0.0003 BTC. The peg peaked at 5,015.8 BTC on June 6, 2025.

## Key facts

- Peg value ~$197M on Aug 25, 2026; wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) for comparison: $9.2B.
- Signer registry: 11 public keys, signature threshold 8 (SIP-028 planned 15 with 11 needed).
- The 5% APY sBTC rewards program ended on Nov 4, 2025.

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