IOTA Expands U.S. Institutional Reach with BitGo Custody Partnership

IOTA is marking its 10th anniversary with a strategic push into the U.S. market through a partnership with regulated custodian BitGo. The collaboration, announced on December 5, 2025, sees BitGo adding support for the IOTA Mainnet, providing American institutions with a compliant, insured, and secure way to hold, trade, and manage IOTA tokens.

BitGo, a leading digital asset custodian certified by the South Dakota Division of Banking, secures over 1,550 tokens for nearly 5,000 global clients and offers insurance coverage of up to $250 million. This infrastructure is critical for IOTA to attract hedge funds, exchanges, and corporate treasuries that operate under strict U.S. regulatory and audit requirements. The partnership is seen as a key step in overcoming a major barrier to institutional adoption—the lack of regulated custody solutions.

"This dramatically improves IOTA’s readiness for engagement across the US digital asset landscape," the project stated, positioning it for meaningful participation in U.S. institutional finance. The move also grants IOTA enhanced regulatory clarity and legitimacy within the American market.

This expansion follows IOTA's recent listing on the digital trading platform Uphold for U.S. retail customers, aiming to boost both institutional and retail participation. However, the news comes against a backdrop of challenges for the project. Despite the rollout of its "Rebased" upgrade with smart contracts and staking features, developer and user adoption has remained low, with minimal decentralized application (dApp) deployment and low total value locked (TVL) by mid-2025.

Following the announcement, IOTA's price showed a slight positive reaction, trading at $0.1041 with a 1.54% daily increase, outperforming a broader market decline. The long-term impact on the struggling project's ecosystem and adoption remains to be seen.