Money20/20 US: Anchorage launches full-stack crypto offering

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Anchorage is the only crypto-native bank in the US with a federal charter, boasting a valuation over $3 billion and investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, KKR, Visa and GIC (Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund). When approached for comment on the Build With Anchorage announcement, co-founder Nathan McCauley stated: “For crypto to move toward mainstream adoption, financial institutions need access to safe, secure, and regulated digital asset infrastructure. Build With Anchorage is a major step in this direction, allowing our institutional clients to build the next generation of crypto products in partnership with our team.” The new infrastructure offers streamlined institutional participation in crypto by providing clients with the security, engineering, regulatory, and design expertise of the Anchorage team.

He explains that given Anchorage’s regulatory standing, institutions “of all stripes—from fintechs to RIAs— are able participate in the digital asset economy from the safety and security of the first OCC-chartered digital asset bank in the US. “Build With Anchorage unlocks doors to the digital asset ecosystem for institutions who would otherwise find it difficult to participate in crypto due to technical and regulatory challenges.” Earlier in the day on the Money20/20 stage, McCauley spoke to this deep trust Anchorage has been able to establish with institutions across the industry: “I like to say that we are the custodian that the most sophisticated for the most discerning people in the world - large financial institutions like to come to us. Do you know who else is extremely discerning about where to put their private keys to where to where to put their assets? The defi protocols themselves. “The