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Mike Belshe

CEO & Co-Founder, Bitgo

Search every verified Mike Belshe interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Mike Belshe, CEO and co-founder of BitGo, has been active in media appearances discussing digital asset custody, institutional adoption, and the regulatory landscape. He spoke at Token2049 in Singapore, where he described renewed customer interest in crypto and tokenization, and he discussed BitGo's expansion into South Korea after receiving a license there. Belshe also visited the White House and has advocated for the Clarity Act, a piece of U.S. legislation he said would codify executive orders into law, while noting that regulators at the SEC, OCC, and CFTC are coordinating on rulemaking regardless. In interviews, Belshe has expressed bullish long-term views on Bitcoin, arguing that fiat currencies decline in value over time and that digital assets offer an alternative. He has discussed the K-shaped economy, saying retail investors lack access to asset-backed leverage that wealthy individuals use, and he has promoted tokenization as a way to broaden access. Belshe has also addressed security concerns, including quantum computing risks and data breaches, and emphasized the importance of self-custody options alongside institutional-grade custody services. He has criticized retail exchanges for high fees, stating the industry has not fully delivered on its early promises to reduce costs and eliminate middlemen.

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“Warren Buffet has famously said that, you know, the stock market is a great predictor in the long term, but but uh more of a casino in the short term. I don't have that quite right, but uh very much agree with that statement. Look, Bitcoin itself has proven that it is a scarce asset and it will forever go up in price when measured against the US dollar. The reason for that is a there's adoption of Bitcoin that's happ”

“From an end user's perspective, they might not notice very much. But if you look at markets around the globe, typically there's a market structure which separates certain duties from other duties. At the heart of markets is usually an exchange. And then there's often broker dealers that provide access to that exchange, but exchanges don't usually hold custody on their own. Now the way digital assets have evolved in t”

“They don't know how to do digital. People are asking, are the markets blending? Is digital assets becoming traditional finance? I think it is a bit different. We started out in the space because we see an opportunity to do things differently. There's nobody on the planet, raise your hand if you are delighted with your bank. Raise your hand if you are delighted with your broker. When all the banking sector profits are”

“It's always been the case that that is where we are heading. BitGo is a company differentiated from others in that we took the time to build the foundation of what we did in exactly the right way so you can build and scale finance on top of it. There's a lot of rickety systems out there. We have seen a lot of failures over the last 10 years in this space. At the bottom layer, what you need is safety in storage so som”

“I am bullish on digital assets. Uh if you don't have some amount of Bitcoin exposure, I would highly recommend all of your audience uh and get some. So, in my view, I don't think about like the short term, it could go up, it can go down tomorrow. I don't know about that. Medium-term also same thing. Long-term, however, it's a forever up asset. And the reason it's forever up asset is because we measure it against a fi”

“I think it's mostly about security and safety of the asset, and security is never done. You know, you think of it like a feature like adding access and adding trading capabilities, but security is different. So, you know, think about how you would secure a thousand one versus a 100,000 one versus a billion one versus a trillion one. You would do very different things, right? Um, and so you just have to keep raising t”

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