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Mike Belshe

Mike Belshe

Co-Founder, CEO & CTO of BitGo, BitGo Holdings, Inc.

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Bio

Mike Belshe is a software engineer and technology entrepreneur best known for co-founding BitGo in 2013, an institutional digital-asset infrastructure company providing custody, wallet infrastructure, staking, trading, financing, settlement and stablecoin-related services. He serves as Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer, President and Director of BitGo Holdings, Inc. His technical career predates crypto and includes senior engineering roles at Netscape, Good Technology and Critical Path, co-founding Lookout Software (an email search company acquired by Microsoft in 2004), and joining Google in 2006 as one of the first engineers on the Google Chrome team. At Google, Belshe co-invented the SPDY protocol and was lead author of the HTTP/2.0 specification, whose design significantly influenced the modern web. BitGo became a public company in January 2026, listing on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker BTGO, and became the first public, federally chartered digital-asset infrastructure company after receiving a national trust bank charter from the OCC.

Profile at a glance

Country
USA
Status
Active

Work & Project Background

  • BitGo

    Co-founder

  • Lookout Software

    Co-founder

Key Contributions

BitGo

Co-founded the institutional digital-asset infrastructure company in 2013, building custody, wallet, trading, staking and settlement services.

Multi-Signature Wallets

Helped commercialize multi-signature security architecture for Bitcoin and digital-asset custody, addressing early single-key loss and theft risks.

Institutional Custody

Built regulated custody infrastructure for institutions entering crypto markets, including qualified custody and national trust bank services.

Internet Protocol Engineering

Co-developed the SPDY protocol at Google and was lead author of the HTTP/2.0 specification, whose design significantly influenced the HTTP/2 standard.

Digital Asset Banking

Led BitGo through expansion into regulated banking, prime services, financing and institutional settlement infrastructure.

Public Company

Led BitGo through its January 2026 IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (BTGO), becoming the first public, federally chartered digital-asset infrastructure company.

Timeline

1990s
Studied Computer Science at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Held early software-engineering positions at HP, Netscape Communications, Remarq Communities, Good Technology and Critical Path.
2003–2004
Co-founded Lookout Software with Eric Hahn, pioneering email search technology. Lookout was acquired by Microsoft in 2004 and integrated into Outlook.
2006
Joined Google as one of the first engineers on the Google Chrome team, working on browser performance, networking and protocol research.
2009–2012
Co-invented the SPDY protocol at Google and served as lead author of the HTTP/2.0 specification. SPDY's design strongly influenced the IETF HTTP/2 standard.
2013
Co-founded BitGo with Ben Davenport and Will O'Brien to solve Bitcoin security and custody challenges using multi-signature wallet architecture.
March 2015
Became CEO of BitGo, replacing co-founder Will O'Brien, while continuing as CTO and technical leader.
2018–2022
Expanded BitGo into institutional custody, prime services, staking and settlement infrastructure. Galaxy Digital announced a proposed $1.2B acquisition in 2021; Galaxy terminated the deal in August 2022 and BitGo sued for the $100M reverse termination fee.
August 2024
BitGo announced moving WBTC to multi-jurisdictional, multi-institutional custody via a joint venture with BiT Global, diversifying custody across Hong Kong and Singapore.
December 12, 2025
BitGo Trust Company received conditional approval from the OCC to convert to a national trust bank, later receiving full unconditional approval.
January 2026
BitGo Holdings completed its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker BTGO, becoming the first public, federally chartered digital-asset infrastructure company.
June 2026
BitGo Holdings was named to the 2026 Fortune 500, debuting at No. 273, in its first year as a public company.
August 2026
Continues as Co-Founder, CEO, CTO, President and Director of BitGo Holdings, leading institutional digital-asset custody, banking, trading and settlement infrastructure.

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