Tagged: anchorage digital

July 9, 2024 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

There has been a good amount of discussion regarding Mt Gox releasing (finally) Bitcoin held by the platform, along with reports that Germany is selling Bitcoin on the open market. The additional supply of Bitcoin has impacted the price of the world’s most popular digital… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital Bank, a federally chartered digital bank that serves the digital asset sector, has appointed Connie Shoemaker, a former Goldman Sachs executive, to its Board of Directors. Shoemaker currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Bridgewater Associates Holdings, Bridgewater’s parent company…. 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

May 1, 2024 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital Bank will be providing a custody solution for Arca Labs regarding digital securities or tokenized T-Bills. Arca launched a digitized US Treasury fund and is the first firm to be registered under the 40 Act to issue tokenized T-bills, which are called “ArCoin.”… Read More

April 25, 2024 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital, a federally regulated bank, has announced a new crypto settlement service called Atlas or Anchorage Digital Trusted Liquidity and Settlement. Atlas will be able to settle both US dollars and digital assets and includes OTC settlement, OTC margin/collateral management, and off-exchange settlement.  Anchorage… Read More

April 23, 2024 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital says that it made a strong debut to 2024: they launched Porto, their new self-custody wallet for institutions, exceeded an all-time-high of $50 billion in assets under custody, announced partnerships with wealth management platforms, and expanded custody to support tokenized money market funds…. Read More

March 29, 2024 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eaglebrook, a digital asset investment platform that provides registered investment advisors (RIAs) with direct access to bitcoin and other digital assets, announces the launch of the Franklin Templeton Digital Asset Dynamic BTC/ETH separately managed account (SMA) strategy. This strategy, which is specifically designed for RIAs… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital co-founder and President Diogo Mónico is transitioning to the Executive Chairman of the Board of the digital asset firm while stepping in to become the General Partner at Haun Ventures. Anchorage’s CEO and co-founder, Nathan McCauley, will continue in his current role. Mónico… Read More

March 14, 2024 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital, a company that operates the only digital asset-focused chartered bank, has appointed a new General Counsel. According to a statement by the firm, TuongVy Le has stepped into the executive role. A graduate of Yale Law, Ve formerly worked at the Securities and… Read More

February 26, 2024 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital, home to a federally chartered digital asset bank, says its institutional self-custody digital wallet Porto is now fully available for users. The company has described this as their biggest news since it received its bank charter in 2021. Anchorage states that their customers… Read More

February 7, 2024 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital, an institutional digital asset platform, and FusionIQ say they can now offer crypto investments for financial advisors and institutions. Going forward, financial advisors and institutions will be able to access regulated digital assets alongside more traditional asset classes. The two firms describe the… Read More

January 11, 2024 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As expected by most industry analysts and also after an embarrassing false start (following the official SEC X account being “compromised”) the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally approved 11 spot bitcoin ETF applications – which were submitted by traditional financial and crypto-focused… Read More

December 26, 2023 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA), a key player focused on supporting and securing the Bitcoin ecosystem, has added Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, a “secure” custodian and the only federally chartered crypto bank, “as a bitcoin custodian, increasing the number of Marathon’s bitcoin custodians from… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered digital asset bank, has added a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) service to its portfolio of offerings. Anchorage focuses on the institutional market. RIAs are registered entities that can provide recommendations on investments and are required to act on behalf of… Read More

October 5, 2023 @ 3:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eaglebrook Advisors, Inc., one of the largest SEC-registered crypto separately managed account (SMA) platforms, and institutional crypto platform Anchorage Digital announced a partnership providing financial advisors with streamlined access to crypto SMAs. The partnership provides financial advisors “with secure and regulated access to digital assets… Read More

August 22, 2023 @ 4:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset bank Anchorage will soon power EDX Markets custody service. According to a release by the firm, the institutional crypto exchange EDX will utilize Anchorage for its clearinghouse service or EDX Clearing. EDX is a new digital asset marketplace aiming to provide services to… Read More

April 11, 2023 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aaron Lint, Security Lead at Anchorage Digital, as well as Prasanna Gautam, Technical Lead, Protocols, among other members of the firm’s professional team have shared key updates. Anchorage Digital notes in a blog post that as a fast-scaling company, their technical staff is core to… Read More

March 17, 2023 @ 5:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, lost in the cacophony of the broader banking crisis, Anchorage Digital announced that it was “restructuring” and letting go 75 employees or 20% of its workforce. Anchorage said their “long-term vision” requires a certain amount of agility as things change. The “strategic… Read More