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OKX and BitGo take off-exchange settlement international

BitGo and OKX have expanded their off-exchange settlement integration to eligible institutions outside the United States, allowing access to OKX liquidity while supported assets remain in segregated custody with BitGo Singapore.

BitGo says OKX is now live on Go Network Off-Exchange Settlement internationally. Eligible institutions outside the United States can trade against OKX liquidity while supported assets remain with BitGo Singapore, a Monetary Authority of Singapore-regulated Major Payment Institution. Go Network automates post-trade asset movements under the settlement process.

The live international path is separate from the firms’ earlier US integration through BitGo Bank & Trust. Supported assets listed by BitGo include ADA, BTC, ETH, LTC, SOL, USDC, USDT and XRP.

FMI WORLD analysis: The structure separates exchange execution from asset custody, reducing the amount of institutional collateral that must sit directly on a trading venue before execution. That imports a familiar traditional-market control into digital assets while making BitGo Singapore a regulated post-trade node for international activity. The next test is whether adoption, settlement performance and legal protections hold across jurisdictions and stressed markets.

Institutional digital-asset traders, asset managers, market makers, treasury and risk teams, custodians, exchanges, settlement providers and regulators overseeing cross-border crypto-market infrastructure.

Client adoption and volumes; settlement timing and failure handling; supported-jurisdiction and asset expansion; disclosure of collateral, default and loss-allocation arrangements; and evidence that reduced exchange prefunding lowers counterparty exposure without creating new custody or settlement concentration.

Source — BitGo, live international integration announcement, 30 September 2026.