Welcome to BitGo

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Use Cases

Crypto-as-a-Service

A full B2B2C solution for embedding crypto and fiat capabilities into your platform while BitGo handles infrastructure and compliance.

Custody Starter Architecture

The most common pattern for qualified custody integrations, leveraging three wallets and policies to balance security with operational flexibility.

Mint

Mint and burn stablecoins and other tokenized assets, backed 1:1 by fiat, crypto, or real-world assets.

Lightning

Open channels and route instant, low-fee Bitcoin payments over the Lightning Network from custody wallets. Earn fees through payment routing and liquidity leases.

Off Exchange Settlement

Store assets securely with BitGo Bank & Trust while trading on partner platforms, settle without onchain transfers.

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See all other use cases with end-to-end walkthroughs. Choose the use case that matches your business needs and follow it from setup to production.

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Introduction to BitGo BitGo is a robust and highly configurable platform of REST APIs that enable you to… Quick Start Go from zero to a completed test transaction on the BitGo testnet. Follow the links to… Create Access Tokens Access tokens enable you to authenticate a session with BitGo and are either short lived… JavaScript SDK The BitGo JavaScript SDK and npm libraries enable you to build apps and services for all… BitGo Express BitGo Express is a light-weight service that runs as a local server daemon in your data… Fund Gas Tanks Gas tanks are enterprise-level fee wallets that BitGo uses to pay blockchain transaction… Environments BitGo has a test environment and a production environment. Both environments use the same… MCP Server The BitGo Developer Portal includes a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables…

Task Guides

Task Overview Task guides are focused, step-by-step instructions for completing single actions (such as… Wallets BitGo wallets leverage either multisignature or multi-party computation (MPC) technology.… Deposit BitGo enables you to deposit both crypto and fiat currencies. Your Go Account is the only… Withdraw Withdrawal flows differ by wallet type, and can even differ between address type.… Policies Maximize security for your digital assets by using the Policy Builder to create policy… Stake Certain blockchains allow for network participation through staking - earning rewards by… Trade BitGo offers both funded trading and trading on margin. Funded trading uses assets in… Webhooks You can set up webhooks to programmatically receive callbacks or notifications from BitGo…

Use-Case Guides

Use-Case Overview Use-case guides are end-to-end walkthroughs that orchestrate multiple tasks into a… Crypto-as-a-Service Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) is a customizable B2B2C solution that you can use to operate a… Custody Starter Architecture Custody starter architecture is the recommended integration pattern for individual… Advanced Wallets Advanced wallets are a type of self-custodial hot wallet that enable you to have the… Lightning The Bitcoin Lightning Network is a second-layer protocol that enables fast, low-cost, and… Mint The BitGo Mint API converts assets through orders. The source and destination assets you… Off-Exchange Settlement With Off-Exchange Settlement, mutual clients store assets at BitGo Bank & Trust. Clients… BitGo Real World Assets BitGo Real World Assets (BitGo RWA) offers the following services: Transfer Agent…

Concepts

Blockchain Concepts Coins and tokens are both digital assets that you can store in BitGo wallets. They both… Security The following concepts may be helpful to know for those that are new to cryptography &… Trade Orders can be placed in either Base Currency or Quote Currency. Filled quantity is the… Wallet Technology Within your BitGo enterprise, you can create an unlimited number of segregated wallets…

API Reference

BitGo REST API

The main resource-oriented API for BitGo. Covers wallet creation, transaction signing and sending, policy enforcement, trading, staking, and more.

BitGo Express

A lightweight service you host yourself, acting as a local proxy to the REST API so sensitive operations like transaction signing stay inside your network.

BitGo Websocket

Real-time, bidirectional streaming over a persistent connection. Subscribe to live order book snapshots and trade order lifecycle events instead of polling.

BitGo FIX API

A standard FIX 4.4 interface for institutional order execution and real-time market data over persistent TLS/TCP sessions.