BitGo Expands HashKey Partnership Across Institutional Trading, Custody and Tokenized Assets

PARTNERSHIPBitGo Expands HashKey PartnershipAcross Institutional Trading, Custody andTokenized Assets24IMPORTANCECLOSED4NEWS MEDIA4PIECESOct 7, 2026 23:11blockboard.net

BitGo and HashKey Cloud expanded an earlier staking relationship into a broader Asia-Pacific partnership during TOKEN2049 week in Singapore. The expanded arrangement now covers institutional trading flow, custody, real-world asset tokenization, and staking, with Ethereum and Solana listed as the initial staking networks.

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The partnership had already included staking before the expansion, and that earlier setup was established in July.
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Ethereum and Solana were named as the initial staking networks under the arrangement.
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BitGo and HashKey Cloud entered a strategic partnership during TOKEN2049 week in Singapore.
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The earlier staking collaboration was broadened to cover four areas in Asia-Pacific: institutional staking, trade flow, custody, and real-world asset tokenization.
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HashKey will support validator services for eligible BitGo clients.
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The expanded partnership covers ETH and SOL staking, institutional trading, custody, and real-world asset tokenization.

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Institutions using BitGo and HashKey Cloud are the ones most directly affected, because the relationship now includes custody, trading flow, staking, and tokenized assets in Asia-Pacific. The change is visible in the operational setup rather than in a market outcome: the arrangement now reaches beyond staking into several services that matter to institutions and their counterparties.

Before this expansion, the collaboration was a staking arrangement, and it already named Ethereum and Solana as the initial networks. After the expansion, those networks remain part of the setup, while custody, trading flow, and real-world asset tokenization are also included. (per tokenpost.com)

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