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Finance

Crypto Custody Firms BitGo and Copper Deliver Off-Exchange Settlement for Deribit

Clients of BitGo and Copper can now trade spot and derivatives on Deribit while assets are secured off-exchange.

Brett Reeves, head of BitGo’s Go Network (BitGo)

Finance

BitGo Mulling IPO This Year: Bloomberg

The crypto custody firm raised $100 million at a $1.75 billion valuation in 2023.

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Markets

Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Swaps Its cbBTC for WBTC After Sun Joins as Adviser

The swap took place Wednesday, the same day BiT Global lost a court case seeking to prevent Coinbase delisting WBTC.

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Tech

WBTC Episode 'Reopened Old Wounds' of Centralized Failures: Bitcoin Builders Association

The venture between BitGo and BiT Global provided a reminder of the distrust many BTC holders still have for centralized custody, according to a new report

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Finance

BitGo Unveils Retail Crypto Custody Platform

BitGo said the retail offering provides the same institutional-grade security guarantees under the hood that the firm’s existing customers are familiar with.

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Tech

Coinbase Delists Wrapped Bitcoin wBTC, Citing 'Listing Concerns'

Announcement comes shortly after the exchange launched its own ‘wrapped’ bitcoin on Base – cbBTC

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Tech

Justin Sun Might Be Good for Wrapped Bitcoin, Says New Custodian's Director

Robert Liu, a member of the board of Hong Kong-based BiT Global, which was recently added by BitGo as an additional custodian to the bitcoin-on-Ethereum token known as wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), notes in an exclusive interview that Tron founder Justin Sun has come to the aid of customers in the past.

Tron party at Bitcoin Nasvhille (Bradley Keoun)

Markets

BitGo to Enter Stablecoin Market With Reward-Bearing USDS Coin

BitGo says USDS is an "open participation" stablecoin that provides rewards to institutions for providing liquidity to the ecosystem.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe on stage at Token2049 Singapore. (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Finance

BitGo Unveils Token Management Service for Crypto Foundations

Big names like Worldcoin and LayerZero are among the first customers of the Token Management Service, announced on Monday.

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Finance

DeFi Lending Giant Sky Sets Vote to Offload Wrapped Bitcoin as Justin Sun Concerns Linger

The action could impact $200 million of DeFi loans in the Sky ecosystem should the proposal pass.

A cardboard cutout of Tron founder Justin Sun (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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