21Shares expands staking with BitGo

21Shares and BitGo have expanded their partnership to deliver custody and regulated staking services for 21Shares’ crypto exchange-traded products in the United States and Europe.

Under the agreement, BitGo will provide qualified custody, trading and execution services alongside integrated staking infrastructure for 21Shares’ US exchange-traded funds and global ETPs.

BitGo said the services will be delivered through its regulated entities, including its federally chartered US trust bank approved by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and its MiCA-licensed European operations authorised by Germany’s financial regulator.

21Shares, which lists 59 exchange-traded products across 13 exchanges and manages more than $5.4 billion in assets, said the arrangement enhances liquidity access across electronic and over-the-counter markets.

The expansion follows BitGo’s recent New York Stock Exchange listing under the ticker BTGO, underscoring growing institutional demand for regulated crypto infrastructure.

Institutional custodians have increasingly embedded staking services into their offerings, with firms such as Coinbase and Anchorage Digital broadening staking integrations across multiple proof-of-stake networks.

The partnership reflects accelerating adoption of regulated staking within traditional investment vehicles as asset managers seek yield-generating digital asset exposure within compliant frameworks.