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Crypto custody has come a long way from scribbled seed phrases and anonymous exchanges. Today, it’s a multi‑billion‑dollar institutional industry led by players like BitGo, which now safeguards over $100 billion in digital assets.

BitGo just accomplished what few thought possible on Wall Street: becoming a $2.1 billion federally chartered custody bank and now, with its $212.8 million IPO last week, it’s taking crypto infrastructure into the institutional era. This isn’t just a crypto company anymore; it’s a custody powerhouse built for Wall Street. [PRESS RELEASE]

When Goldman Sachs and Citigroup lead your underwriting, the only question left is: which infrastructure play captures the $10T tokenization wave? Let’s unpack.

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What happened

On Jan 22, BitGo Holdings (NYSE: BTGO) successfully priced its initial public offering of 11.8M Class A shares at $18.00 per share, beating the marketed range of $15-$17 according to reports and closed its first day of trading at $18.68 per share, just above its IPO price.