Tagged: anchorage

March 14, 2022 @ 3:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, of the European Parliament,  adopted its “negotiating position on crypto assets. According to a statement by the EU parliament its goal is to “boost users’ confidence and support the development of digital services and alternative payment instruments.”… Read More

March 9, 2022 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the White House posted an anticipated Executive Order on Digital Assets. Currently, the interpretation from industry insiders is cautiously optimistic that the Administration is aiming to balance responsible innovation with the obvious benefits of crypto. The Order was not excessively prescriptive but leaves… Read More

January 23, 2022 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica (Co-founder and President at Anchorage Digital) and Nathan McCauley (Co-Founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital) wrote in a blog post that an OCC veteran is joining America’s first federally-chartered digital asset bank. After a solid year where Anchorage Digital experienced a significant 175%… Read More

January 15, 2022 @ 8:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered digital asset bank, has shared survey results that show OCC approval “gives Americans greater confidence in cryptocurrency.” The team at Anchorage Digital writes in a blog post that as the volume of conversation around cryptocurrency and digital assets continues… Read More

January 8, 2022 @ 10:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered digital asset bank that announced a Series D funding round of $350 million in December 2021, notes that as they look back at the developments from last year, “one pattern emerges: there’s a bright path ahead and they’re proud… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 7:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage, the first federally chartered digital asset bank, has announced a Series D funding round of $350 million. The round was led by KKR with participation from a long list of well-known investors including Goldman Sachs, Alameda Research, Andreessen Horowitz, Apollo credit funds, Blockchain Capital,… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chainlink has partnered with Wrapped to allow users to wrap their crypto and use it on multiple chains. Wrapped is a joint initiative between TokenSoft and Anchorage. Wrapped said it is exciting to have selected Chainlink Proof of Reserve (PoR) to provide complete on-chain auditability… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital, which aims to advance institutional participation in the digital assets space, reveals that institutions are now able to take part in Aave (AAVE) governance via on-chain voting offered by Anchorage digital bank. Aave is an open-source and non-custodial protocol for generating interest on… Read More

August 16, 2021 @ 2:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Co-founder and President at Anchorage, notes that institutions are now able to hold governance token, dYdX (DYDX) starting from August 12, 2021. Diogo confirmed that the governance token will be supported by Anchorage custody. As explained in a blog post by Anchorage, dYdX is… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Co-founder and President of Anchorage, notes that Anchorage Digital is pleased to confirm custody and staking support for Flow (FLOW). Diogo writes in a blog post, dated Tuesday (June 22, 2021), that for as long as Anchorage has existed as a company, it… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Co-Founder and President at Anchorage Digital, a leading crypto platform for institutional investors, has revealed that they are offering institutional Ethereum-backed loans via Anchorage Financing. Mónica confirmed in a blog post, dated June 3, 2021, that institutional clients at Anchorage now have access… Read More

May 27, 2021 @ 12:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Securitize, a digital asset platform that enables issuers to leverage blockchain technology, has announced the launch of Securitize Capital, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary, that will operate as an alternative investment manager in the digital asset sector. According to the company, Securitize Capital was created due… Read More

May 16, 2021 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Co-Founder and President at Anchorage Digital, a leading crypto platform for institutional investors, has revealed that clients will now have the option to hold five additional decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens “in the security of the Anchorage platform.” The new DeFi tokens reportedly include… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Back in January of this year, Anchorage, a top crypto platform for institutions, announced that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) had conditionally approved  Anchorage Trust Company, a South Dakota chartered trust company, to become Anchorage Digital Bank, National Association. Thus, Anchorage… Read More

March 29, 2021 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

 Visa (NYSE:V)  is “bridging digital and fiat” currency by integrating the USDC stablecoin. Visa said that by enabling USDC it is creating the ability to one day support Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). In a blog post, Visa explained that after months of planning the… Read More

February 25, 2021 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Anchorage, a U.S.-based premier digital asset platform for institutions, announced on Thursday it secured $80 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by GIC with participation from a16z, Blockchain Capital, Lux, and Indico. Founded in 2017, Anchorage claims it was created… Read More

January 13, 2021 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage, a company that aims to help institutional investors with adopting digital assets, has welcomed Asaf Iram, as the firm’s new Head of Risk. Diogo Mónica, Anchorage President and Co-founder, and Nathan McCauley, the CEO and Co-founder at Anchorage, noted in a blog post published… Read More

January 13, 2021 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nathaniel Popper from the New York Times reports that of the (approximately) 18.5 million Bitcoin (BTC) in circulation, about 20% — valued at around $130 billion at the time of writing — seems to have been lost or isn’t accessible from the crypto wallets where… Read More

December 31, 2020 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

2020 was a challenging year for the entire world. The ongoing health crisis surprised everyone as the world dove into a pandemic, pummeling the global economy and impacting everyone. In many respects, Fintech emerged as a beneficiary of COVID-19. Digital transformation of financial services were… Read More

December 19, 2020 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Anchorage President and co-founder, has confirmed that Anchorage and Tokensoft are introducing two assets to the (decentralized finance) DeFi and larger Ethereum ecosystem. They include Wrapped CELO (wCELO) and cUSD (wCUSD). As mentioned in the announcement: “Through Wrapped, institutions get easy, secure DeFi… Read More