BitGo (BTGO) Holdings has advanced its Aptos Network integration, providing institutional customers with WalletConnect support that allows them to trade on Decibel, a decentralized exchange built on the Aptos network. The integration eliminates the need for institutional customers to move their assets into another wallet before trading on Decibel. Instead, institutions can now interact with the platform by connecting their self-custody MPC wallets through WalletConnect.

BitGo, founded in 2013, has long served institutional crypto clients with qualified custody and wallet infrastructure, and this move extends that business into decentralized trading venues. WalletConnect is an open protocol that links wallets to decentralized applications, and its adoption here brings that familiar connection flow to BitGo's institutional user base.

BitGo Aptos Network Support Brings Institutional Wallets to Decibel

The BitGo Aptos Network integration links BitGo's institutional wallet ecosystem with Decibel via WalletConnect. Once users connect their wallets, they can perform transactions through Decibel. These transactions are processed using BitGo's multi-party computation (MPC) technology and its wallet policy engine, allowing institutions to apply their existing control mechanisms on decentralized trading platforms. MPC splits key management across multiple parties so no single point of failure holds a complete private key, an approach widely used by institutional custodians.

The BitGo system also remains compatible with capabilities such as address whitelisting and multi-signature transactions. This functionality stays enabled while transactions are being executed, giving institutions greater control over the authorization process.

Institutions Can Keep Assets in Existing Wallets

A key advantage of the integration is that institutions do not need to alter their current custody structures to use Decibel. Assets can remain inside the BitGo-linked self-custody wallet while users trade on the platform, removing the requirement to move funds into a separate wallet just to access decentralized markets.

For institutional customers, following the existing approval process is essential, since transactions require sign-off from multiple entities. BitGo's integration ensures this process continues even when connecting to decentralized applications.

BitGo Plans to Expand Network Support

For the Aptos Network rollout, the first phase will introduce wallet integration via Ethereum and Solana. BitGo added that support may expand to more networks in the future, which could allow clients to access more decentralized applications without setting up separate wallets on different networks.

Decibel, built on top of Aptos — a layer-1 blockchain that uses the Move programming language and a parallel execution architecture — offers spot and perpetual markets through its decentralized exchange platform. Using BitGo wallets in combination with Decibel gives users access to these markets while retaining custody of their assets and maintaining their wallet settings.

The BitGo Aptos Network development reflects the growing trend of connecting self-custody architecture with DeFi platforms. As more institutions enter on-chain marketplaces, integrations that preserve internal authorization mechanisms can help them participate without compromising their existing security frameworks.

Source: Aptos on X