BitGo

BitGo

BitGo Taps Former Coinbase Exec Jeff Horowitz as Chief Compliance Officer

Nathan DiCamilloJan 13, 2021

Jeff Horowitz led Coinbase’s global compliance program until his departure in October.

Wrapped Bitcoin

Wrapped Bitcoin ‘Burns’ Outpaced Minting for the First Time in December

Zack VoellJan 9, 2021

BitGo “unwrapped” over 11,600 WBTC last month.

Blockchain Applications

KPMG, BitGo, Coin Metrics Launch New Offering to Drive Institutional Adoption

Sebastian SinclairFeb 18, 2021

One of the "big four" professional services firms has launched a product suite with two other cryptocurrency firms with an eye on serving institutional demand in crypto.

DeFi

BitGo Launches Wrapped Bitcoin, Ether on Tron Blockchain

Zack VoellJan 6, 2021

Nearly 100 DeFi-friendly WBTC have already been minted as TRC-20 tokens on Tron.

BitGo

BitGo to Pay $93K to US Treasury to Settle 183 ‘Apparent’ Sanctions Violations

Kevin ReynoldsDec 30, 2020

BitGo failed to stop people in Cuba, Iran and Syria, among other sanctioned places, from using its non-custodial wallet service, the U.S. said.

BitGo

PayPal

PayPal Talks to Buy Crypto Firm BitGo Have Ended, Other Targets Eyed: Report

Tanzeel Akhtar

The CEO would not confirm whether his company was ever in talks with PayPal, saying BitGo is "in talks with everyone."

Prime Brokerage

How BitGo Is Getting Into the Events Business

Ian Allison

BitGo has added cap intro services, a kind of marketing activity carried out among hedge fund investors, to its crypto brokerage offering.

Wrapped Bitcoin

Wrapped Bitcoin ‘Burns’ Increase as Traders Rotate Capital Out of Cooling DeFi

Zack Voell

WBTC burns picked up in November, continuing into December.

DeFi

Nearly $360M in Bitcoin Moved to Ethereum in October Despite DeFi Cool-Off

Zack Voell

October’s growth is less than half of September’s 68,000 newly tokenized bitcoins.

Custody

Hong Kong’s Amber Group Picks BitGo Trust in Quest for Institutional Investors

Ian Allison

BitGo’s status as a qualified custodian should draw more high-net-worth investors to Amber from places like Hong Kong, Taiwan and Seoul.

PayPal

PayPal Said to Be in Talks to Buy Crypto Firms Including BitGo: Bloomberg

Kevin Reynolds

The news comes a day after the payments giant confirmed it's entering the cryptocurrency market.

Wrapped Bitcoin

Record $616M of Wrapped Bitcoin Minted in September

Zack Voell

Monthly value of minted WBTC grew 160% from August.