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  1. Published Social post

    The Block (@TheBlockCo)

    THE BLOCK: BitGo announced that its South Korean entity has received VASP registration from the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit. It said it is the first foreign majority-owned company to obtain the license.

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    Spark (@sparkdotfi)

    Accessing On-Chain Credit Without Leaving Custody Spark Savings is live on @BitGo. Here's what that means for custody-native institutions. Last week, Spark Savings became available through BitGo institutional custody via @Narvalgmi. While the announcement focused on access, the more significant development is what it changes operationally for institutional allocators. The BitGo integration answers a different question, one that tends to kill DeFi deals before they start. "We'd like exposure to on-chain credit, but our compliance and custody framework doesn’t allow it." Previously, institutions typically had to move assets out of qualified custody and into externally controlled wallets before interacting with DeFi. For many regulated institutions, that single step triggered internal governance, audit and risk concerns regardless of the underlying protocol. That objection is now off the table. What the BitGo setup actually means operationally The integration isn't a bridge or wrapper that takes assets out of BitGo's custody scope. Capital remains within BitGo's multi-sig infrastructure throughout. Narval sits between the operator and the transaction, translating DeFi interactions into human-readable approval requests, validating each action against pre-approved policies and routes execution through BitGo's existing governance workflows. For a bank, insurance company, or pension fund, this matters more than the yield does. These institutions don't just need returns, they need every action to be auditable, policy-bound, and reconcilable within their existing compliance frameworks. Narval and BitGo deliver exactly that: the DeFi operation looks, behaves, and records like any other custodied transaction. This is also where Spark's architecture comes into its own. Spark was designed for institutional-scale capital, coordinating liquidity across multiple credit markets through predefined allocation parameters and a layered capital protection framework. Once institutions can access that infrastructure without changing how they custody or govern assets, the conversation shifts from whether they can participate in on-chain credit markets to how they allocate capital across them. This removes the category of objection, not just the specific friction Most institutional DeFi integrations solve for access. They build a UI, connect a wallet, and write documentation. What they don't solve is the internal audit trigger, the moment someone in risk or legal asks "does this action take assets outside our custody perimeter?" and the honest answer is yes, or unclear. The BitGo setup closes that loop structurally. The execution happens within BitGo's compliance scope. The policy checks happen before signing. The audit trail is legible to humans who have never seen a transaction hash. That's not a feature. That's the thing that allows the conversation to happen at all inside institutions that operate under banking, insurance, or pension regulation. A Blueprint for institutional On-chain Credit What the BitGo integration makes visible is a blueprint. Any custody provider operating a similar multi-sig and policy-layer stack can, in principle, offer their institutional clients the same path as in @galaxyhq, @Nexo, @okx, @BinanceWallet, @zerion and so on. The operational and compliance architecture is established. The question is how quickly the rest of the custody landscape moves to plug into it. For treasury and investment teams at banks, insurers, and pension funds, that's worth watching closely. The infrastructure required to access on-chain credit markets without leaving your custody perimeter is no longer theoretical. Spark Savings is live on BitGo institutional wallets. Independent risk assessments are available via @CredoraNetwork.

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    ZKsync (@zksync)

    "Our partnership with @BitGo enables banks through a full stack tokenized platform. Private and interoperable blockchain with a regulated custody solution on top." @gluk64, at @NYSE, presenting how ZKsync x Bitgo empower institutions to compete in the digital assets economy.

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    ZKsync (@zksync)

    "We are giving banks the full stack solution for tokenized deposits that they can plug and play in their existing processes." @gluk64, on stage at @blockworksDAS, sharing how our partnership with @BitGo enables banks to seamlessly come onchain.

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    ZKsync (@zksync)

    "Banks are on a race to modernize. Working with @BitGo, we offer a full stack tokenized deposits solution enabling every financial institution to compete on the digital assets economy." @gluk64 laying out the vision of our partnership with @BitGo on stage at @blockworksDAS.

  6. Published Social post

    The Block (@TheBlock__)

    Mizuho sees BitGo upsides, calling custodian ‘military-grade’ despite 44% post-IPO slump https://www.theblock.co/post/390255/mizuho-bitgo-upsides-custodian-military-grade-despite-44-post-ipo-slump?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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    The Block (@TheBlock__)

    Ripple, BitGo and Paxos secure conditional approval for US banking charters https://www.theblock.co/post/382379/ripple-bitgo-and-paxos-secure-conditional-approval-for-us-banking-charters?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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    Eleanor Terrett (@EleanorTerrett)

    🚨Adding more context here: The @USOCC's conditional approvals span both newly created (de novo) national trust banks and state-chartered trust companies converting into the federal system. De novo approvals are @Ripple National Trust Bank and First National Digital Currency Bank (aka @circle). The other three are state-to-national conversions: @BitGo Bank & Trust, Fidelity @DigitalAssets and @Paxos Trust Company. Comptroller Jonathan Gould said each application received a standard “rigorous” review and that each company must meet additional conditions before becoming fully operational. He added that new entrants help modernize and diversify the banking system and broaden access to innovative financial products.

  9. Published Social post

    Kava (@KAVA_CHAIN)

    Institutions waited years to enter crypto. Not for price. Not for hype. For custody. U.S. custodians like @BitGo are delivering the infrastructure that makes institutional trust possible → https://www.kava.io/news/u-s-blockchain-custody-secure-asset-management-solutions https://t.co/GD767dim5z

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    Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain)

    Sonic Labs has passed its first governance proposal to expand into U.S. traditional capital markets, enabling a regulated ETP/ETF tracking S, supporting a Nasdaq DAT, and backing the new Sonic USA entity. BitGo will serve as custodian to ensure compliant access for institutional and retail investors. https://t.co/ZKelnmnSRL

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