BitGo Offers Institutional Clients New Off-Chain Settlement System

Crypto custody provider BitGo is launching a new clearing and settlement service for its institutional clients.

BitGo's new clearing and settlement service will be provided to its regulated BitGo Trust Company clients, and will ensure that assets never leave custody when being transferred, while the actual settlement is "Fast, compliant and secure," according to a press release.

During a trade, BitGo will act as the custodian on either side, which the company claims will reduce counterparty risk.

In addition to counterparty risk, BitGo says its new offering will reduce security risks, prevent accidental compliance infringement and allow investors to more efficiently allocate their capital.

Under its new program, a transfer between two different companies will be recorded, but the assets being traded will remain in cold storage at all times.

Mike Belshe, BitGo's chief executive, said in a statement that the new product is aimed at institutional investors.

In addition to counterparty risk, institutional investors at present face issues with having to store assets on multiple exchanges prior to conducting trades and settling transactions outside cold storage.

"We are bringing to market a risk-less, efficient, and compliant digital asset clearing and settlement, and what makes this service possible is BitGo Trust's strong client base."

BitGo is hoping to draw in over-the-counter trading desks, single-dealer platforms, exchanges, asset managers and broker-dealers.

To take advantage of the new service, all participants in a transaction would need to custody their assets with BitGo.