BitGo Plans to Bring Industry Leading Solutions to New York’s Institutional Investors
BitGo, the leader in digital asset financial services, announced that it has formally applied before the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) for a New York Trust to operate as an independent, regulated qualified custodian under New York State Banking Law. With this charter, BitGo will meet the strong demand by the world’s leading institutional investors based in New York, who are seeking to secure large amounts of digital assets with the highest level of security, regulatory oversight and operational efficiency.
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“Everyone at BitGo has been enormously impressed by NYDFS’ level of experience and professionalism with digital assets. Despite an unexpected global pandemic, their team has been extremely responsive and helpful and we look forward to a long relationship of cooperation with them.”
“New York State has developed an exceptional regulatory framework for digital assets and BitGo is very proud for this opportunity to apply for a trust charter to serve the world’s most sophisticated community of institutional investors based in New York,” said Mike Belshe, CEO, BitGo. “Everyone at BitGo has been enormously impressed by NYDFS’ level of experience and professionalism with digital assets. Despite an unexpected global pandemic, their team has been extremely responsive and helpful and we look forward to a long relationship of cooperation with them.”
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New York-based financial institutions are critical for the accelerated adoption and acceptance of digital assets and BitGo has received tremendous interest from institutional investors in the State. Combined with the recent developments emerging as a result of the recently issued guidance from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), BitGo is expecting a dramatic increase in market demand for its products and services from banks, pension funds, hedge funds and other fiduciaries.
In 2018, BitGo Trust Company became the first qualified custodian purpose-built for storing digital assets through the South Dakota Division of Banking. Built on BitGo’s pioneering, battle-tested, multi-signature scheme, BitGo Custody delivers modern security for modern assets. Custody offerings provide the strict policies, procedures, controls, and disclosures that are only guaranteed with a qualified custodian.
