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May 13, 2025 @ 7:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital will reportedly be acquiring Mountain Protocol in order to accelerate institutional adoption of stablecoins. This acquisition aims to empower institutions to become key players focused on stablecoins and digital assets. Stablecoins are fueling the next era of global finance—”with low-cost, 24/7 value transfers… Read More

April 9, 2025 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the U.S. federally chartered digital asset bank, is announcing that it has deepened its relationship with BlackRock to provide digital asset custody in order to meet growing digital asset demand from retail and institutional clients. Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. is being named “an… Read More

March 12, 2025 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cantor Fitzgerald announced that Anchorage Digital and Copper.co will serve as collateral managers and custodians for the firm’s new global Bitcoin financing business, which will provide leverage to institutional investors who hold Bitcoin. With security architecture, Anchorage Digital and Copper will now aim to deliver… Read More

February 5, 2025 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

In advance of the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the nefarious debanking movement by the federal government, Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered digital bank, has shared its experience in prepared testimony. Today, Anchorage founder and CEO Nathan McCauley will testify how Anchorage became persona non-grata… Read More

January 29, 2025 @ 12:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Senate Banking Committee has posted its list of witnesses for next week’s hearing on the Debanking that took place during the Biden Administration. The following individuals will be sharing their experiences in regard to losing access to the banking system: Nathan McCauley, CEO &… Read More

January 4, 2025 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

From spot ETF approvals to market momentum, 2024 was a defining year for crypto, according to an end of year recap from Anchorage Digital. As the ETFs unlocked tens of billions in latent demand, the ecosystem continued to mature—driven by “better market structure, tokenization of… Read More

December 17, 2024 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital—the crypto platform for institutions—is pleased to announce that the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved their subsidiary, Anchorage Digital NY, LLC, for a BitLicense. The addition of BitLicense-regulated trading means Anchorage Digital can offer institutions in New York State… Read More

December 13, 2024 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the custodian for crypto innovators and investors, is announcing expanded support for tokens on the Aptos blockchain, including custody of BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) and the Ondo US Dollar Yield Token (USDY), the largest tokenized treasury assets by total value… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital is pleased to announce support for Liquid Collective’s Liquid Staked ETH (LsETH), providing institutions with a way to participate in ETH staking while maintaining access to liquidity. Institutions—including VC firms, wealth and asset managers, protocols, and others—can participate in liquid staking using ETH… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 2:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tomorrow, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a Hearing on Fintech. Entitled Innovation Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance, multiple well-known entities in the Fintech sector will share their knowledge with the Committee. Those scheduled to testify, include: Denelle Dixon, CEO &… Read More

November 22, 2024 @ 6:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the crypto platform for institutions,  announced support for Bitcoin (BTC) staking on the Babylon bitcoin staking protocol, which is expanding its staking capacity with the beginning of Cap-3 in its mainnet Phase-1. Cap-3 reportedly removes limitations and enables institutional participation. BTC staking marks… Read More

November 5, 2024 @ 7:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital is pleased to be an initial partner of the Global Dollar Network (GDN), an alliance of professionals in fintech and digital assets committed to accelerating the adoption of safe and trusted stablecoins. Nathan McCauley, Co-Founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital said that their… Read More

November 4, 2024 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd has reportedly received approval as a licensed Major Payment Institution from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), marking a key milestone in our global expansion. With this license, Anchorage Digital Singapore now offers a complete, integrated solution including custody, staking,… Read More

September 5, 2024 @ 7:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, home to the only federally chartered digital asset bank in the US, has announced its custody support for Stacks, a Bitcoin Layer 2 solution. Stacks is the first Bitcoin L2 supported by Anchorage Digital, “marking a significant step for institutional involvement in the… Read More

August 23, 2024 @ 10:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the crypto platform for institutions, is pleased to announce its first stablecoin rewards program, enabling institutions to earn competitive rewards on PayPal USD (PYUSD) balances held at Anchorage Digital or in our recently launched institutional self-custody wallet, Porto. PYUSD remains fully accessible and… Read More

August 16, 2024 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the crypto platform for institutions, and the ZKsync Foundation, announced the availability of digital assets from the ZKsync ecosystem on Anchorage Digital’s platform. With the only U.S. federally chartered crypto bank, Anchorage Digital is the first institutional custodian to support ZKsync, whose zero-knowledge… Read More

August 7, 2024 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank, is announcing expanded support for the Solana ecosystem. In addition to native SOL, institutions can now “custody SPL tokens from the safety and security of Anchorage Digital Bank.” The SPL token standard governs how tokens… Read More

June 6, 2024 @ 7:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. is the only federally-chartered bank not impacted by Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (SAB 121), allowing them to provide custody at scale to institutional clients across the crypto ecosystem. The goal of SAB 121—to ensure that investors are “informed about the… Read More

May 21, 2024 @ 3:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital Singapore is pleased to be the “first” crypto custodian to announce compliance with Singapore digital asset custody regulation by receiving an exemption in respect to its digital payment token (DPT) custody service from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The exemption as set… Read More

May 16, 2024 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutional crypto platform Anchorage Digital has announced support for native DYDX staking. Now, institutions can stake DYDX from safe and secure custody “at Anchorage Digital and earn staking rewards distributed by the protocol in USDC.” As home to the only federally chartered digital asset bank,… Read More