Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital is a U.S. financial technology company focused on institutional digital-asset infrastructure and financial services. Founded in 2017 by Nathan McCauley and Diogo Mónica, the company serves institutional investors, financial institutions, corporations, and digital-asset projects. Its offerings include digital-asset custody, trading, staking, governance, and financing-related services. Rather than primarily targeting retail users with a consumer trading app, Anchorage positions itself as infrastructure for institutions that need to hold, manage, and use digital assets. Anchorage Digital Bank National Association received a national trust bank charter from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in 2021, becoming the first federally chartered digital-asset-native bank in the United States. The charter supports regulated institutional custody activities, subject to applicable law, regulatory permissions, and product terms. Anchorage Digital remains positioned as an institutional digital-asset services and custody provider in the U.S. market.

Anchorage Digital was founded in 2017 by Nathan McCauley and Diogo Mónica, initially focusing on secure digital-asset storage and infrastructure for institutional users. As demand grew among institutional investors for custody, trading, and compliance-oriented digital-asset services, the company expanded into a broader platform covering custody, trading, staking, governance, and other institutional offerings. In 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approved a national trust bank charter for Anchorage Digital Bank National Association. The regulatory development made Anchorage one of the earlier digital-asset companies to operate within a federal banking framework in the United States and reinforced its positioning as an institutional custody provider. The company subsequently continued operating under the Anchorage Digital brand, emphasizing security controls, compliance infrastructure, and institutional operating capabilities. Because digital-asset regulation continues to evolve, the products available, customers served, and geographic scope of its activities remain subject to regulatory permissions and applicable law.

• 2021

  Received National Trust Bank Charter

  [2]OCC grants national trust bank charter to Anchorageocc.gov

  The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approved the national trust bank charter application for Anchorage Digital Bank National Association.

• 2017

  Company Founded

  [1]Anchorage Digital — Aboutanchorage.com

  Nathan McCauley and Diogo Mónica founded Anchorage, beginning to build digital asset infrastructure for institutional clients.

Institutional-grade, regulated digital asset custody and financial infrastructure provider

• Digital asset custody

  Anchorage Digital Custody

  Institutional digital-asset custody for securely holding and managing crypto assets with institutional controls for access, operations, and compliance.

• Digital asset trading

  Anchorage Digital Trading

  Institutional digital-asset trading services designed to work alongside custody and other institutional asset-management workflows.

• Digital asset staking

  Anchorage Digital Staking

  Institutional staking services for eligible assets, allowing clients to participate in validation mechanisms on supported blockchain networks and receive applicable network rewards.

• 2026.10.27

  Reported2026.10.27

  Chainlink rolls out platform for custodied assets in DeFi lending[4]Chainlink推出托管资产参与DeFi借贷的平台globalcustodian.com

  Chainlink rolled out a platform that lets institutions borrow in DeFi lending markets without moving assets out of qualified custody. Anchorage Digital is the service’s launch partner.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2026.10.12

  Anchorage Digital acquires corporate payouts startup Routable[5]Anchorage Digital 收购企业付款初创公司 Routabledigg.com

  Axios reports that Anchorage Digital acquired Routable, a startup that helps businesses automate payouts to vendors, contractors and other recipients. According to Axios, the deal gives Anchorage a way to bring stablecoins into large companies' existing payment systems.

• 2021.12.15

  Reported2021.12.15

  Anchorage Digital raises $350 million in Series D funding[6]Anchorage Digital完成3.5亿美元D轮融资americanbanker.com

  Anchorage Digital announced a $350 million Series D investment led by KKR, valuing the company at more than $3 billion. The company said it would use the funding to bolster infrastructure, engage clients in crypto innovation, and hire employees to expand its product set.

• 2021.09.16

  Reported2021.09.16

  Oasis Pro and Anchorage Digital announce strategic partnership[7]Oasis Pro与Anchorage Digital宣布战略合作prnewswire.com

  Oasis Pro and Anchorage Digital announced a strategic partnership under which Oasis Pro will use Anchorage for on-chain custody and settlement of digital assets traded on its alternative trading system.

• 2021.06.04

  Reported2021.06.04

  Anchorage partners with BankProv on ETH-backed loans[8]Anchorage与BankProv合作推出ETH抵押贷款coinspeaker.com

  Anchorage partnered with BankProv to extend credit denominated in U.S. dollars and ETH, with Anchorage acting as custodian of borrowers' ETH collateral.

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1. 1Anchorage Digital — Aboutanchorage.com
2. 2OCC grants national trust bank charter to Anchorageocc.gov
3. 3Anchorage Digital Bank — OCC charter informationocc.gov
4. 4Chainlink推出托管资产参与DeFi借贷的平台globalcustodian.com
5. 5Anchorage Digital 收购企业付款初创公司 Routabledigg.com
6. 6Anchorage Digital完成3.5亿美元D轮融资americanbanker.com
7. 7Oasis Pro与Anchorage Digital宣布战略合作prnewswire.com
8. 8Anchorage与BankProv合作推出ETH抵押贷款coinspeaker.com