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Bitget to Transfer 440 Million BGB to Morph Foundation, Accelerating BGB as Gas and Governance Token of Morph Chain

Key Highlights Bitget will transfer all BGB tokens that it controls, 440 million in total, to the Morph Foundation, with 220 million burned immediately and the remaining 220 million locked with gradual release to support ecosystem ￰0￱ Morph Foundation will oversee BGB as the gas and governance token of Morph , powering payments and utility across the ￰1￱ and Bitget Wallet’s 120 million users will gain direct access to the innovative decentralized protocols built on Morph fueled by ￰2￱ technical upgrades to Morph’s infrastructure will deliver higher performance, lower fees, and prepare the layer to scale as a top settlement platform for payments and onchain consumer finance.

SEYCHELLES, September 2, 2025 – Bitget , the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is excited to share its strategic collaboration with its trusted ecosystem project Morph , the EVM layer for payments and onchain consumer ￰3￱ duo has signed up to boost BGB’s utility across a multitude of ￰4￱ this partnership, Bitget will transfer all BGB tokens that it controls, 440 million in total, to the Morph ￰5￱ of this allocation, 220 million BGB, will be burned in a single action, while the remaining 220 million BGB tokens will be locked and released at 2% per month to fund liquidity incentives, use case expansion, and ￰6￱ will become the native onchain home of BGB and serve as the core settlement layer for more than 120 million users worldwide, with BGB established as the gas and governance token of an improved high-performance ￰7￱ the Standard for Onchain Payments The Morph chain will maintain its brand, team, and strategic direction, staying focused on its positioning as a Layer 2 dedicated to crypto payments, and striving to become the next-generation Web3 payment infrastructure, advancing beyond cost efficiency and performance toward real-world consumer finance at scale, with integrations across wallets, DeFi, stablecoins, and global payment providers.

“With this commitment to the Morph Foundation, BGB is entering a new chapter as the gas and governance token of ￰8￱ upgrade expands BGB into the utility token for the next era of onchain consumer finance, powering payments, applications, and the broader settlement layer for millions of users worldwide,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of ￰9￱ BGB with Morph BGB will become the primary token of Morph’s blockchain, serving as the gas, governance, and payment token across the ￰10￱ and PayFi activity will run through BGB alongside stablecoins, giving it a central role in powering the Morph network. Meanwhile, BGB will continue to collaborate with existing partners, including Bitget, MEXC, and Bitfinex, where BGB is already listed, and others beyond these exchanges, serving as a key medium for Launchpool’s new token mining, fee discounts, and ￰11￱ forward, The Morph Foundation, a decentralized non-profit organisation, will be solely responsible for BGB’s long-term development roadmap, co-building the ecosystem with the ￰12￱ will also update BGB’s burn mechanism to link directly to the Morph network activity until the total supply is reduced to 100 million.

“Morph has always had a close relationship with Bitget since its ￰13￱ are projects we have always dreamed of collaborating on, but much of our growth so far has been ￰14￱ this strategic initiative, we are excited for Morph to become the home of Bitget’s onchain initiatives and to support the millions of BGB holders around the world.” Colin Goltra, CEO of Morph , ￰15￱ Decentralized Ecosystem at Scale To support the long-term prosperity of Morph, Bitget and Bitget Wallet will bring their full infrastructures directly into Morph, consolidating payment, trading, and ecosystem services around the ￰16￱ includes native support for stablecoin issuers, regional currencies, and global payment providers, giving developers and merchants an unmatched foundation to build decentralized payment-focused applications at ￰17￱ Rails will serve as the backbone of this expansion, powering hackathons, builder programs, and direct support for new ￰18￱ building on Morph will gain access to Bitget’s and Bitget Wallet’s base of more than 120 million users, connecting their applications with one of the largest onchain audiences in the ￰19￱ Bitget’s backing, Morph is positioned to become the settlement hub for the next generation of PayFi and consumer finance.

“BGB has found its home onchain with Morph, marking a new chapter in its ￰20￱ are thrilled to invite millions of users to experience BGB and find utility in entirely new ￰21￱ the next 12 months, we will see an acceleration of BGB migration onto Morph Layer and deeper partnerships between Morph and Bitget Wallet to enable seamless web3 payments and onchain consumer finance , ” said Karry Cheung, CEO of Bitget ￰22￱ Bitget About Bitget Established in 2018, Bitget is the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 ￰23￱ over 120 million users in 150+ countries and regions, the Bitget exchange is committed to helping users trade smarter with its pioneering copy trading feature and other trading solutions, while offering real-time access to Bitcoin price , Ethereum price , and other cryptocurrency ￰24￱ Wallet is a leading non-custodial crypto wallet supporting 130+ blockchains and millions of ￰25￱ offers multi-chain trading, staking, payments, and direct access to 20,000+ DApps, with advanced swaps and market insights built into a single ￰26￱ is driving crypto adoption through strategic partnerships, such as its role as the Official Crypto Partner of the World’s Top Football League, LALIGA , in EASTERN, SEA and LATAM ￰27￱ with its global impact strategy, Bitget has joined hands with UNICEF to support blockchain education for 1.1 million people by ￰28￱ the world of motorsports, Bitget is the exclusive cryptocurrency exchange partner of MotoGP™ , one of the world’s most thrilling ￰29￱ more information, visit: Website | Twitter | Telegram | LinkedIn | Discord | Bitget Wallet For media inquiries, please contact: media@bitget.

com Risk Warning: Digital asset prices are subject to fluctuation and may experience significant ￰30￱ are advised to only allocate funds they can afford to ￰31￱ value of any investment may be impacted, and there is a possibility that financial objectives may not be met, nor the principal investment ￰32￱ financial advice should always be sought, and personal financial experience and standing carefully ￰33￱ performance is not a reliable indicator of future ￰34￱ accepts no liability for any potential losses ￰35￱ contained herein should be construed as financial ￰36￱ further information, please refer to our Terms of ￰37￱ Bitget Wallet Bitget Wallet is a non-custodial crypto wallet designed to make crypto simple and secure for ￰38￱ over 80 million users, it brings together a full suite of crypto services, including swaps, market insights, staking, rewards, DApp exploration, and payment ￰39￱ 130+ blockchains and millions of tokens, Bitget Wallet enables seamless multi-chain trading across hundreds of DEXs and cross-chain ￰40￱ by a $300+ million user protection fund, it ensures the highest level of security for users’ ￰41￱ vision is Crypto for Everyone — to make crypto simpler, safer, and part of everyday life for a billion ￰42￱ Morph Morph is a next-generation Layer 2 designed for onchain consumer ￰43￱ powers seamless services across payments, savings, identity, and rewards, with products like Morph Pay for consumers and Morph Rails for developers forming the financial infrastructure of the digital economy.

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