BitGo is the digital asset company that has been exclusively focused on serving institutional clients since 2013. It provides institutional investors with custody, liquidity, and security solutions. Active in both centralized and decentralized finance, BitGo offers market-leading trading, lending, and borrowing services through its prime brokerage services and acts as the custodian for WBTC, the leading global stablecoin for Bitcoin.
according to sources familiar with the matter, MetaMask developer Consensys has postponed its U.S. IPO plans to earliest this fall. The company originally planned to submit a draft S-1 filing with the SEC by the end of February, but market demand weakened due to the market downturn in February, macroeconomic uncertainty, and Bitcoin ETF outflows. Besides Consensys, Kraken and Ledger have also paused their IPO plans.Consensys completed a $450 million funding round in 2022 at a valuation of $7 billion. Additionally, BitGo, which was the first crypto company to go public in 2026, raised $213 million but has since seen its stock price drop 36% from its $18 offering price, reflecting the public market's cautious approach toward valuing crypto infrastructure companies.
Onramp 宣布完成 1250 万美元 A 轮融资,投前估值达 1.35 亿美元,Early Riders 领投,其私有客户及外部天使投资人等参投。该项目主要业务是为比特币大额持有者提供多机构托管平台,通过 BitGo、Coincover 和 Tetra Trust 等合作伙伴,确保资产需经多个机构批准方可转移。(axios)
crypto wallet provider Ledger has suspended its US IPO plans, citing unfavorable current market conditions. (CoinDesk)
According to CoinDesk, French crypto hardware wallet company Ledger has suspended its U.S. IPO plans due to unfavorable market conditions. Sources familiar with the matter said Ledger was previously valued at approximately $4 billion and had engaged Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, and Barclays as IPO advisors—but it has not yet filed any registration documents with the SEC. The company may instead consider private fundraising. Earlier, Kraken also paused its IPO citing market conditions, while publicly listed BitGo’s stock price has fallen roughly 36% from its offering price, indicating a broad cooling of enthusiasm among crypto firms for U.S. listings.
According to Yonhap News Agency, global virtual asset infrastructure company BitGo announced that its Korean entity, BitGo Korea, had its VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider) registration application accepted by the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on August 18, becoming the first overseas crypto corporate entity to directly complete VASP registration in Korea to date. Established in 2024, BitGo Korea chose to enter the market by directly complying with regulatory requirements this time, rather than adopting the common industry practice of acquiring existing VASP companies. Moving forward, it will officially launch virtual asset custody (Custody) and transfer services in Korea based on this foundation, focusing on expanding business to financial institutions and corporate clients.
Odaily News: Since the launch of Sui's Hashi Bitcoin lending protocol testnet on July 22, it has processed over 1.1 million Bitcoin deposits and 165,000 withdrawals within three weeks. As of last week, more than 25 institutions had participated in the system's stress testing. Participating institutions include digital asset custodian BitGo, trading firm Cumberland, as well as Swissborg, Fluid, and Ledger, covering areas such as trading, custody infrastructure, and wealth management platforms. Hashi allows users to deposit native Bitcoin, which is confirmed by Sui validators before minting hBTC for on-chain lending and stablecoin borrowing. Deposits utilize a 2-of-2 multi-signature mechanism with MPC validator signatures, while withdrawals require review by the Guardian Layer; the project team will proceed with the 2026 mainnet launch only after this security layer completes its security audit. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News, Mizuho analysts lowered the price target for crypto custodian BitGo from $14 to $11, while maintaining an "Outperform" rating. At the time of the report, BitGo's stock was trading at approximately $5.61.Mizuho believes that the market generally views the delay of the U.S. crypto market structure bill, the Clarity Act, as bearish, but for BitGo, this could actually be an advantage. This is because BitGo already operates the first federally chartered digital asset trust bank owned by a public company, and its regulatory standing does not depend on the passage of new legislation.Analysts noted that the Clarity Act aims to establish a framework for the U.S. digital asset market structure and clarify the division of powers among different regulatory agencies. However, due to repeated negotiations on key issues, the bill has faced ongoing delays.In Mizuho's view, the longer regulatory uncertainty persists each quarter, the more BitGo's existing licenses and first-mover compliance advantages accumulate, and the higher the barriers for new entrants. In other words, the later regulation is finalized, the more "trusted and already licensed" becomes BitGo's core competitive strength.
据 Cointelegraph 报道,比特币政策研究所(BPI)联合 Anchorage Digital、BitGo、Bitwise、Blockstream、Kraken、Ledger、MARA、Trezor 等多家加密机构,发布公开信敦促各大前沿 AI 实验室为比特币及开源软件开发者建立或扩展可信访问计划。 信中指出,Bitcoin Core 等开源维护者目前缺乏对 AI 实验室网络安全程序的访问渠道,被迫依赖能力较弱的开源模型,而比特币网络当前保护着逾 1 万亿美元资产,任何开源基础设施漏洞均可能危及用户毕生积蓄。BPI 同时披露,已收到多份报告显示包括潜在境外势力在内的复杂攻击者正借助先进 AI 能力持续发动攻击。
Robinhood has announced the official launch of the public mainnet for its proprietary Layer 2 network, Robinhood Chain. Built on the Arbitrum technology stack, the chain is positioned as an institution-grade, permissionless, AI-native network specifically designed for Real World Assets (RWA).Robinhood Chain's launch partners include Uniswap, Pleiades, Alchemy, BitGo, and Chainlink. Among them, Uniswap will deploy a dedicated AMM on the chain as the primary public liquidity protocol, while Pleiades will deploy its own AMM as the primary proprietary trading venue. The chain will also offer basic DeFi functionalities such as lending.Eligible users can trade tokenized stocks 24/7 on Robinhood Chain. Simultaneously, Robinhood Earn will introduce USDG-based decentralized lending products within the main app. In certain jurisdictions, the new version of Robinhood Wallet will also support access to Lighter's perpetual contract trading.Robinhood also announced the expansion of its European perpetual contract product range, its official entry into the Canadian market, and the acquisition of a Singapore Capital Markets Services license. Furthermore, Agentic Accounts for crypto trading are planned to begin rolling out in the US soon, allowing AI agents to participate in trading and fund management.Robinhood stated that this update represents its most ambitious global expansion and product vision to date, with the goal of establishing a more direct connection between traditional finance and DeFi, integrating stocks, crypto, RWA, perpetual contracts, and AI trading into a unified financial experience. (The Block)
According to CoinDesk, as the final deadline for the European MiCA regulatory transition period—this month’s end—approaches, BitGo, a crypto custodian regulated by Germany’s BaFin, announced that its Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform offers European crypto firms a more streamlined path to MiCA compliance—without needing to build a standalone compliance and operational infrastructure from scratch. Enterprises need only integrate their existing wallets into BitGo’s wallet infrastructure and complete MiCA-compliant KYC procedures; customer assets can then be held in compliant, segregated custody accounts. Meanwhile, enterprises may continue applying in parallel for their own CASP (Crypto-Asset Service Provider) license. On pricing, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe stated fees are relatively low, with a minimum monthly fee of several thousand dollars, and two billing options: transaction-volume-based or flat-rate pricing. According to legal firm Hogan Lovells, as of May 2026, only 194 CASPs will have been authorized across Europe. It is estimated that roughly 75% of crypto firms pre-registered under MiCA will lose their registration status after the transition period ends.
Odaily News: Since the launch of Sui's Hashi Bitcoin lending protocol testnet on July 22, it has processed over 1.1 million Bitcoin deposits and 165,000 withdrawals within three weeks. As of last week, more than 25 institutions had participated in the system's stress testing. Participating institutions include digital asset custodian BitGo, trading firm Cumberland, as well as Swissborg, Fluid, and Ledger, covering areas such as trading, custody infrastructure, and wealth management platforms. Hashi allows users to deposit native Bitcoin, which is confirmed by Sui validators before minting hBTC for on-chain lending and stablecoin borrowing. Deposits utilize a 2-of-2 multi-signature mechanism with MPC validator signatures, while withdrawals require review by the Guardian Layer; the project team will proceed with the 2026 mainnet launch only after this security layer completes its security audit. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News, Mizuho analysts lowered the price target for crypto custodian BitGo from $14 to $11, while maintaining an "Outperform" rating. At the time of the report, BitGo's stock was trading at approximately $5.61.Mizuho believes that the market generally views the delay of the U.S. crypto market structure bill, the Clarity Act, as bearish, but for BitGo, this could actually be an advantage. This is because BitGo already operates the first federally chartered digital asset trust bank owned by a public company, and its regulatory standing does not depend on the passage of new legislation.Analysts noted that the Clarity Act aims to establish a framework for the U.S. digital asset market structure and clarify the division of powers among different regulatory agencies. However, due to repeated negotiations on key issues, the bill has faced ongoing delays.In Mizuho's view, the longer regulatory uncertainty persists each quarter, the more BitGo's existing licenses and first-mover compliance advantages accumulate, and the higher the barriers for new entrants. In other words, the later regulation is finalized, the more "trusted and already licensed" becomes BitGo's core competitive strength.
According to Arkham monitoring, Alameda Research-associated addresses transferred a total of $8.25 million worth of SOL to BitGo custody wallets via 24 transactions, speculated to be for distribution to FTX creditors. Arkham data shows that Alameda currently still holds SOL worth over $200 million.
Odaily News According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Alameda Research/FTX bankruptcy wallet transferred 201,780 SOL (approximately $15.2 million) to multiple BitGo custody wallets 10 hours after unstaking 201,740 SOL. The related funds are being redirected for over-the-counter sales. Meanwhile, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried remains incarcerated, serving a 25-year prison sentence.
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ember's monitoring, Bitmine (0x95d...c44) received 13,000 ETH from BitGo 5 minutes ago, worth $24.36 million.
: Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe deposited 100 BTC into a public Bitcoin address on August 1, worth approximately $6.3 million at the time, and invited Anthropic's Claude model to attempt to move the funds out of the address. On-chain records show the wallet received the funds on July 31, and the balance had not been transferred out as of August 2. Anthropic previously disclosed that during 141,006 cybersecurity assessment runs, 3 incidents were found, with 6 evaluation sessions involving 3 models inadvertently interacting with real organizational systems. The models involved include Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Mythos 5, and an unreleased internal research model. The cause was a configuration error by third-party testing partner Irregular, which led to the test environment being connected to the internet. Anthropic stated that Claude Opus 4.7, during one evaluation, located a real website with the same name as a simulated company, exploited weak passwords and exposed services to recover infrastructure credentials, and accessed a production database containing hundreds of records. The company said the model was attempting to complete assigned tasks, not actively breaking constraints or pursuing independent goals. Belshe's challenge involves Bitgo's institutional custody platform, which uses multi-signature or multi-party computation technology to distribute signing authority across multiple independent keys. As of August 2, Anthropic had not publicly responded to the challenge.
据 Cointelegraph 报道,比特币政策研究所(BPI)联合 Anchorage Digital、BitGo、Bitwise、Blockstream、Kraken、Ledger、MARA、Trezor 等多家加密机构,发布公开信敦促各大前沿 AI 实验室为比特币及开源软件开发者建立或扩展可信访问计划。 信中指出,Bitcoin Core 等开源维护者目前缺乏对 AI 实验室网络安全程序的访问渠道,被迫依赖能力较弱的开源模型,而比特币网络当前保护着逾 1 万亿美元资产,任何开源基础设施漏洞均可能危及用户毕生积蓄。BPI 同时披露,已收到多份报告显示包括潜在境外势力在内的复杂攻击者正借助先进 AI 能力持续发动攻击。
: Crypto infrastructure company BitGo will switch its exclusive cross-chain service provider for $7.3 billion worth of WBTC from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP. Following the $292 million cross-chain bridge exploit at Kelp, multiple projects have announced migrations from LayerZero to Chainlink, with disclosed migration volumes totaling $14.5 billion. BitGo will use CCIP for future assets while retaining control over token contracts, rate limits, and transfer settings.
BitGo CEO Mike Belshe posted on social media stating that rather than hyping the narrative of "creating a hacker monster," it is better to conduct real verification. He stated that he has deposited 100 Bitcoins into a BitGo wallet, made the wallet address public, and issued a public challenge to Anthropic.
: Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe deposited 100 BTC into a public Bitcoin address on August 1, worth approximately $6.3 million at the time, and invited Anthropic's Claude model to attempt to move the funds out of the address. On-chain records show the wallet received the funds on July 31, and the balance had not been transferred out as of August 2. Anthropic previously disclosed that during 141,006 cybersecurity assessment runs, 3 incidents were found, with 6 evaluation sessions involving 3 models inadvertently interacting with real organizational systems. The models involved include Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Mythos 5, and an unreleased internal research model. The cause was a configuration error by third-party testing partner Irregular, which led to the test environment being connected to the internet. Anthropic stated that Claude Opus 4.7, during one evaluation, located a real website with the same name as a simulated company, exploited weak passwords and exposed services to recover infrastructure credentials, and accessed a production database containing hundreds of records. The company said the model was attempting to complete assigned tasks, not actively breaking constraints or pursuing independent goals. Belshe's challenge involves Bitgo's institutional custody platform, which uses multi-signature or multi-party computation technology to distribute signing authority across multiple independent keys. As of August 2, Anthropic had not publicly responded to the challenge.
according to monitoring by Onchain Lens, despite the hack of Humanity Protocol, a newly created wallet has received 62.68 million H tokens from BitGo, worth $7.65 million. The wallet is suspected to belong to VC Framework Ventures, though this has not yet been confirmed.
Odaily News: Since the launch of Sui's Hashi Bitcoin lending protocol testnet on July 22, it has processed over 1.1 million Bitcoin deposits and 165,000 withdrawals within three weeks. As of last week, more than 25 institutions had participated in the system's stress testing. Participating institutions include digital asset custodian BitGo, trading firm Cumberland, as well as Swissborg, Fluid, and Ledger, covering areas such as trading, custody infrastructure, and wealth management platforms. Hashi allows users to deposit native Bitcoin, which is confirmed by Sui validators before minting hBTC for on-chain lending and stablecoin borrowing. Deposits utilize a 2-of-2 multi-signature mechanism with MPC validator signatures, while withdrawals require review by the Guardian Layer; the project team will proceed with the 2026 mainnet launch only after this security layer completes its security audit. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News, Mizuho analysts lowered the price target for crypto custodian BitGo from $14 to $11, while maintaining an "Outperform" rating. At the time of the report, BitGo's stock was trading at approximately $5.61.Mizuho believes that the market generally views the delay of the U.S. crypto market structure bill, the Clarity Act, as bearish, but for BitGo, this could actually be an advantage. This is because BitGo already operates the first federally chartered digital asset trust bank owned by a public company, and its regulatory standing does not depend on the passage of new legislation.Analysts noted that the Clarity Act aims to establish a framework for the U.S. digital asset market structure and clarify the division of powers among different regulatory agencies. However, due to repeated negotiations on key issues, the bill has faced ongoing delays.In Mizuho's view, the longer regulatory uncertainty persists each quarter, the more BitGo's existing licenses and first-mover compliance advantages accumulate, and the higher the barriers for new entrants. In other words, the later regulation is finalized, the more "trusted and already licensed" becomes BitGo's core competitive strength.
据 Cointelegraph 报道,比特币政策研究所(BPI)联合 Anchorage Digital、BitGo、Bitwise、Blockstream、Kraken、Ledger、MARA、Trezor 等多家加密机构,发布公开信敦促各大前沿 AI 实验室为比特币及开源软件开发者建立或扩展可信访问计划。 信中指出,Bitcoin Core 等开源维护者目前缺乏对 AI 实验室网络安全程序的访问渠道,被迫依赖能力较弱的开源模型,而比特币网络当前保护着逾 1 万亿美元资产,任何开源基础设施漏洞均可能危及用户毕生积蓄。BPI 同时披露,已收到多份报告显示包括潜在境外势力在内的复杂攻击者正借助先进 AI 能力持续发动攻击。
: Bitgo CEO Mike Belshe deposited 100 BTC into a public Bitcoin address on August 1, worth approximately $6.3 million at the time, and invited Anthropic's Claude model to attempt to move the funds out of the address. On-chain records show the wallet received the funds on July 31, and the balance had not been transferred out as of August 2. Anthropic previously disclosed that during 141,006 cybersecurity assessment runs, 3 incidents were found, with 6 evaluation sessions involving 3 models inadvertently interacting with real organizational systems. The models involved include Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Mythos 5, and an unreleased internal research model. The cause was a configuration error by third-party testing partner Irregular, which led to the test environment being connected to the internet. Anthropic stated that Claude Opus 4.7, during one evaluation, located a real website with the same name as a simulated company, exploited weak passwords and exposed services to recover infrastructure credentials, and accessed a production database containing hundreds of records. The company said the model was attempting to complete assigned tasks, not actively breaking constraints or pursuing independent goals. Belshe's challenge involves Bitgo's institutional custody platform, which uses multi-signature or multi-party computation technology to distribute signing authority across multiple independent keys. As of August 2, Anthropic had not publicly responded to the challenge.
Robinhood has announced the official launch of the public mainnet for its proprietary Layer 2 network, Robinhood Chain. Built on the Arbitrum technology stack, the chain is positioned as an institution-grade, permissionless, AI-native network specifically designed for Real World Assets (RWA).Robinhood Chain's launch partners include Uniswap, Pleiades, Alchemy, BitGo, and Chainlink. Among them, Uniswap will deploy a dedicated AMM on the chain as the primary public liquidity protocol, while Pleiades will deploy its own AMM as the primary proprietary trading venue. The chain will also offer basic DeFi functionalities such as lending.Eligible users can trade tokenized stocks 24/7 on Robinhood Chain. Simultaneously, Robinhood Earn will introduce USDG-based decentralized lending products within the main app. In certain jurisdictions, the new version of Robinhood Wallet will also support access to Lighter's perpetual contract trading.Robinhood also announced the expansion of its European perpetual contract product range, its official entry into the Canadian market, and the acquisition of a Singapore Capital Markets Services license. Furthermore, Agentic Accounts for crypto trading are planned to begin rolling out in the US soon, allowing AI agents to participate in trading and fund management.Robinhood stated that this update represents its most ambitious global expansion and product vision to date, with the goal of establishing a more direct connection between traditional finance and DeFi, integrating stocks, crypto, RWA, perpetual contracts, and AI trading into a unified financial experience. (The Block)
World Liberty Financial, a crypto project backed by the Trump family, is expected to receive approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to operate as a national trust bank in the near future. Two former OCC employees who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed that the application is almost certain to be approved.World Liberty Financial established a U.S. trust company in January of this year and submitted an application to the OCC. Obtaining a federal trust bank charter would allow the project to issue and redeem its USD1 stablecoin, manage reserves, provide digital asset custody, and offer conversion and settlement services under a single federal regulatory body, without relying on third-party intermediaries. Currently, the project's intermediary institution is BitGo. (The Block)
According to Yonhap News Agency, global virtual asset infrastructure company BitGo announced that its Korean entity, BitGo Korea, had its VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider) registration application accepted by the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on August 18, becoming the first overseas crypto corporate entity to directly complete VASP registration in Korea to date. Established in 2024, BitGo Korea chose to enter the market by directly complying with regulatory requirements this time, rather than adopting the common industry practice of acquiring existing VASP companies. Moving forward, it will officially launch virtual asset custody (Custody) and transfer services in Korea based on this foundation, focusing on expanding business to financial institutions and corporate clients.
Odaily News: Since the launch of Sui's Hashi Bitcoin lending protocol testnet on July 22, it has processed over 1.1 million Bitcoin deposits and 165,000 withdrawals within three weeks. As of last week, more than 25 institutions had participated in the system's stress testing. Participating institutions include digital asset custodian BitGo, trading firm Cumberland, as well as Swissborg, Fluid, and Ledger, covering areas such as trading, custody infrastructure, and wealth management platforms. Hashi allows users to deposit native Bitcoin, which is confirmed by Sui validators before minting hBTC for on-chain lending and stablecoin borrowing. Deposits utilize a 2-of-2 multi-signature mechanism with MPC validator signatures, while withdrawals require review by the Guardian Layer; the project team will proceed with the 2026 mainnet launch only after this security layer completes its security audit. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News, Mizuho analysts lowered the price target for crypto custodian BitGo from $14 to $11, while maintaining an "Outperform" rating. At the time of the report, BitGo's stock was trading at approximately $5.61.Mizuho believes that the market generally views the delay of the U.S. crypto market structure bill, the Clarity Act, as bearish, but for BitGo, this could actually be an advantage. This is because BitGo already operates the first federally chartered digital asset trust bank owned by a public company, and its regulatory standing does not depend on the passage of new legislation.Analysts noted that the Clarity Act aims to establish a framework for the U.S. digital asset market structure and clarify the division of powers among different regulatory agencies. However, due to repeated negotiations on key issues, the bill has faced ongoing delays.In Mizuho's view, the longer regulatory uncertainty persists each quarter, the more BitGo's existing licenses and first-mover compliance advantages accumulate, and the higher the barriers for new entrants. In other words, the later regulation is finalized, the more "trusted and already licensed" becomes BitGo's core competitive strength.
Odaily News: Digital asset infrastructure company BitGo reported Q2 revenue of $4.33 billion, up 79.6% year-over-year and 14.7% quarter-over-quarter. The company recorded a net loss of $19 million for the period, compared to a profit of $38.3 million in the same period last year, with unrealized losses of $18.8 million on digital assets. BitGo's platform assets grew 31% to $65.2 billion, staked assets increased 36% to $11.9 billion, and customer numbers rose 26% year-over-year to 5,833 clients. Stablecoin-as-a-Service revenue surged 148% year-over-year to $38.8 million, while staking revenue reached $64.7 million. BitGo stated that it has expanded AI applications across its engineering and operations, and expects to achieve approximately $15 million in annual cash savings through cost reductions. The company also launched quantum risk management features for Bitcoin wallets. As of the end of June, BitGo held $159 million in cash with no corporate-level debt, and held 2,523 BTC valued at approximately $147.7 million. The company has approved a share buyback program of up to $50 million. (Bitcoin.com News)
BitGo announced its second quarterly earnings report since going public. The report shows that BitGo's total revenue for the second quarter increased 79.6% year-over-year to $4.329 billion, up 14.7% quarter-over-quarter; the number of customers increased to 5,833, up 26.2% year-over-year. However, the company recorded a net loss of $19 million for the quarter, with an Adjusted EBITDA loss of $4.2 million, and has not yet achieved profitability.
According to Arkham monitoring, Alameda Research-associated addresses transferred a total of $8.25 million worth of SOL to BitGo custody wallets via 24 transactions, speculated to be for distribution to FTX creditors. Arkham data shows that Alameda currently still holds SOL worth over $200 million.