BitGo Holdings (NYSE: BTGO), the crypto custody company, now holds APT on its own books, the native token of the Aptos blockchain, alongside the APT it safeguards for clients. BitGo announced on Nov. 10 that it “has taken a strategic position in APT.”
The company gave no size, price, purchase date or method for the position, and did not say whether it bought the tokens on the open market or received them from the Aptos side.
Aptos, a layer 1 (base-layer) blockchain, welcomed the news. “BitGo’s strategic position in APT underscores its commitment to Aptos,” said Solomon Tesfaye, chief business officer at Aptos Labs, in a statement in the press release. Michael Ching, head of treasury and operations at the Aptos Foundation, said BitGo “has been building on Aptos for some time, and we’re excited to see that commitment continue to grow.”
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What BitGo Already Runs on Aptos
The position adds to roughly 20 months of Aptos work. BitGo added APT to its custody and self-custody wallets in March 2025, then extended custody later that month to assets built on Aptos, including the stablecoins USDC and USDT. In December 2025 it opened APT staking to clients.
In September, BitGo connected its self-custody clients to Decibel, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Aptos for spot and perpetual futures trades, so they can trade there under the same approval controls they already use. Connecting is optional, and BitGo says it does not custody or operate anything held on Decibel.
“Our work with Aptos already spans custody, staking, and connectivity to onchain markets,” Abel Seow, managing director and head of Asia-Pacific sales at BitGo, said in the release. “This is a continuation of the relationship we’ve built together.”
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