Tracking OKX reserve reports month to month: a consistency log for reviewers

Reviews of exchanges often mention proof of reserves in a single sentence: the exchange publishes reports, so it scores well on transparency. That treats every report as equal and every month as the same. In practice the useful information comes from comparison. Did the list of covered assets grow or shrink? Did the report arrive on its usual schedule? Did the verification tool keep working? Did the methodology notes change? This guide proposes a simple consistency log for OKX reserve disclosures that anyone can maintain in a few minutes per report. It contains no figures from the reports themselves.

Set up the log columns

Create a spreadsheet with one row per report. Useful columns include the snapshot date, the publication date, the number of assets covered, whether any assets were added or removed, whether your own inclusion check succeeded, and a free text column for methodology notes. Keep a link to where you found each report in a separate notes file rather than the sheet itself. The structure matters more than the tool you use.

Note timing and scope changes

When a new report appears, compare it with the previous row. A longer gap between reports than usual, or a change in the time of day the snapshot was taken, deserves a short note. So does any change in the assets covered. Neither is necessarily a problem, but noticing them is the point of the log. Read the accompanying explanation to see whether the platform describes the reason for any change.

Run your own inclusion check each time

Use the official verification tool inside your account for each new report and record whether your balance was found. If the tool changes how it works, note that too. A failed check may have a simple cause, such as opening the account after the snapshot date, so read the instructions carefully before drawing conclusions. Only use the official tool reached from the app.

Summarise every quarter

Every three months, read through the rows and write two or three sentences summarising what you observed: regularity, scope changes and verification experience. That short summary is far more informative for a review or for your own decisions than a single headline ratio. Pair it with your own habit of keeping on the exchange only what you actively use.

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Scenario checkpoint

• Create a log with one row per report, including snapshot and publication dates.
• Compare each new report with the previous row and note any change in covered assets.
• Run the official inclusion check for every report and record whether it succeeded.
• Write a short quarterly summary of regularity, scope changes and verification results.