What happens when you lose the keys?

It’s one of crypto’s oldest and most pressing questions. Over the years, the industry has come up with workarounds: backup keys, multisig policies, time delays, offchain contingency plans. These help, but they don’t solve the real problem.

Digital assets can still be lost forever the moment key access fails.

At Circuit, we’re changing that.

The public launch of Circuit’s makes digital asset recovery an industry-wide reality, protecting customer funds across custodians, tokenization platforms, and exchanges. Our goal is simple: make asset loss a thing of the past by embedding recovery logic directly into the system at the protocol level. No manual intervention. No backup keys. No reliance on infrastructure that might already be compromised. It’s a step toward making asset recoverability a default standard in crypto, not a luxury or a post-mortem fix.

The First Institutional Recovery Engine

At the core of Circuit’s infrastructure is something we call Automatic Asset Extraction (AAE). It’s a proprietary, programmable recovery engine built at the moment something goes wrong — whether it’s a breach, a key failure, or a system outage.

AAE automatically moves assets to a secure vault, even if the original signing keys are gone, making sure they are secured, accessible, and protected. It works with the infrastructure institutions already used like MPC, HSM, multisig and supports hot, warm, and cold wallets. Circuit integrates seamlessly with existing systems and operates continuously, invisible when you don’t need it, and instantly when you do.

Why Now? Why Not!

Digital assets are entering the mainstream, but the underlying infrastructure hasn’t caught up. Without credible recovery mechanisms, even the best-intentioned adoption can fail catastrophically. That’s why we’re here now.

Over the past two years, we’ve seen some of the most sophisticated attacks in crypto’s history (see: the $308 million DMM Bitcoin hack and the $230 million Wazir X theft), and too many platforms left with no way to respond.

At the same time, the industry is growing up. Laws like the GENIUS Act are raising the bar for accountability and safeguards. Companies are putting Bitcoin on their balance sheets. Stablecoins are moving trillions every month. And global players from tech giants to payments leaders are launching flagship crypto integrations.

In short? The stakes are higher than ever.

But adoption at that scale only works if the underlying infrastructure is resilient. Without recovery, even a single mistake can trigger catastrophic loss. That’s why Circuit, built by experts who’ve made digital assets safer, is here now to make them recoverable.

Backed by the People Who Get It, Really

We’re proud to be supported by Nyca Partners, Soma Capital, New Form Capital, The Venture Dept, Silicon Badia, Druid Ventures, Belvedere Strategic Capital, and others who have helped us raise $4.38 million in seed funding to scale the Circuit mission worldwide.

What they see, and what we believe, is that crypto’s next phase of real breakthough depends on three things: recovery, insurability, and operational resilience.

Looking Ahead

Over the next few months, we’ll continue to expand support, collaborate with insurers and regulators to define recovery standards, mitigate risk, and build toward a future where recovery becomes a universal standard for everyone.

The future we’re building toward is one where asset loss becomes irrelevant.

For more information on this launch, please see the latest press kit HERE. To join us and learn more, visit circuitsecurity.com and follow us on X for updates