Filed by Galaxy Digital Inc.
Pursuant to Rule 425 of the Securities Act of 1933
Subject Company: BitGo Holdings, Inc.
(Commission File No.: 132-02843)
The following are portions of an edited transcript of Galaxy Digital Fourth Quarter 2021 Earnings Call held on March 31, 2022. The speakers and titles are identified therein.
Michael Novogratz: Let me go to BitGo. We remain committed to integrating BitGo and becoming an institutional crypto platform, period. In keeping to that, we’ve extended our deal to the end of the year with BitGo. We adjusted the deal some for progress that BitGo has made. They’ve hired close to 150 people, or more than 150 people since we originally signed, and so it’s a bigger and better company. We’ll continue to work on integration side-by-side, until we close the deal.
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Speaker from BTIG: Yes, thank you, and good morning. Could you provide an update on BitGo’s recent performance, including assets under custody, and tell us a bit about the integration activity, what is feasible in terms of integration ahead of the deal close?
Damien Vanderwilt: Good morning, Mark. Thanks for the question. We’re not going to provide with this earnings release an update on BitGo AUC, or other operating metrics, you can look forward to those in coming months. I would tell you the way we’re thinking about navigating what is clearly a prolonged closing of the transaction is to really focus on making sure that both companies are delivering on the products that we’re building for our customers in a way that has the least amount of distraction possible, and so we have an integration plan that we architected very clearly in the back end of last year. That plan exists, we continue to refine and optimize it, but we want to make sure that we’re continuing to deliver, particularly on the BitGo coin support and downstream services, on all of the different products that we’re hearing from our customers that they need from us.
The simple way to think about it is we’re going to continue to build, maintain our integration plan, and as soon as we get through the process with the SEC and close the transaction, we’ll be really well positioned to swiftly integrate both firms. Along the way, we’re really going to operate as best we can as a combined unit for our customers, and we already started that in the third quarter of last year, where we will provide the front-end liquidity, derivatives, lending, and other services to lots of customers from our Galaxy entities, downstream custody solutions customers need from BitGo. So, we have a process for onboarding that minimizes any disruption or friction as best we can on that approach.
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Michael Novogratz: Guys, thanks for your time today. Listen, I think the takeaway message is we are optimistic on our prospects. We are growing, we continue to grow. We are ready for a volatile year, if that’s what we get, given the headwinds in macro. But, we’re certainly excited about getting through the SEC process and getting BitGo integrated with us as fast as we can. We really think the combined entity is going to be a powerhouse in this field. Our real focus is talent. We’re going to continue to build our culture and cultivate our people. We think this is a long-term battle, a long-term revolution that we’re part of, and so we’re taking that long-term view. Thanks for your time.
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In connection with the proposed reorganization and combination with BitGo, the Company has filed a registration statement, including a management information circular/prospectus and a consent solicitation statement/prospectus, with the SEC, which has not yet become effective. GALAXY AND BITGO SHAREHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE FINAL VERSIONS OF SUCH DOCUMENTS, WHEN AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Shareholders may obtain a free copy of the registration statement (including the
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