BitGo is expanding its institutional crypto footprint on two fronts: connecting custody wallets to an Aptos-based decentralized exchange and enlarging its licensed Singapore operation after reporting strong regional growth.
On the trading infrastructure side, BitGo announced wallet connectivity support for DecibelTrade, a decentralized exchange built on the Aptos network. The integration lets institutional clients connect self-custody MPC wallets through WalletConnect, enabling direct spot and perpetual trading from the Decibel interface. BitGo says the move maintains existing security controls, including address whitelisting and multi-party approval workflows, while reducing operational steps for institutional traders.
The DecibelTrade integration arrives as demand for self-custody and decentralized trading access grows among institutions. By combining BitGo's custody infrastructure with a DEX, users can trade without moving assets away from their own controlled wallets, a feature BitGo highlights as important in the current market environment.
Separately, BitGo Singapore has opened a new office after reporting that Asia Pacific client numbers have tripled and Singapore headcount has more than doubled since it received its Major Payment Institution licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore in August 2024. The company says the expansion follows two years of licensed operations rather than a first entry into Singapore.
BitGo Prime's Singapore volumes more than doubled in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025. The company identifies Singapore as the home of its largest Prime trading desk, making the city both its regional base and a trading hub. Angela Ang, Managing Director for APAC and President of BitGo Singapore, said institutions were trusting the company with more business more frequently and linked the regional development to Singapore's regulatory framework and financial ecosystem.
Stefan von Haenisch, Managing Director and Head of BitGo Prime, said Singapore connects regional clients to the same global liquidity network offered elsewhere. The office expansion is intended to support additional hiring in client coverage and business operations, although no target number for new roles was disclosed.
The company has also expanded its Prime network counterparties, adding Virtu as a liquidity provider in July and Tradias earlier in the year. However, BitGo did not release absolute client, employee or trading-volume totals, and the growth figures cover different parts of the business and should not be combined into one single rate.
The announcements highlight BitGo's push to connect custody, execution, financing and settlement for institutional clients while expanding its physical presence in Asia Pacific.
