Published in Anchorage Digital·PinnedAnchorage Digital Raises $350 Million Series D Funding Led by KKRNew round values Anchorage at over $3 billion Diogo Mónica and Nathan McCauley We are pleased to announce that Anchorage Digital has raised a $350 million Series D funding round. Led by global investment firm KKR, this round of financing values Anchorage at over $3 billion. Participants include Goldman Sachs…Cryptocurrency3 min read
Published in Anchorage Digital·3 days agoEight Questions Village Edition: June 2022Each month in our Eight Questions series, we profile individual members of the Anchorage Digital team. This month, we’re doing something different by focusing on four of the talented people on our Product and Design team. We’ll discuss their careers, what brought them to crypto, and what excites them about…Crypto6 min read
Published in Anchorage Digital·4 days agoAnchorage Launches Institutional ETH StakingSince its inception, Ethereum has cemented its place as a leading blockchain. …Crypto4 min read
Published in Anchorage Digital·Jun 23The Path Forward for Crypto LendingBy Nathan McCauley and Jennifer Liu, Head of Financing, Anchorage Digital Last week, Diogo wrote about recent market volatility as an opportunity to build and test the integrity of crypto markets. This week, the industry at large is reeling from the 2008 subprime-era-like shocks to crypto credit markets (in relative…Blockchain5 min read
Published in Anchorage Digital·Jun 21Anchorage Digital Introduces Automation to Crypto Protocol Payments with New External Transfer APIThe first external transfer API from a federally chartered crypto bank brings Web3 efficiency to protocol business operations Today, Anchorage Digital is proud to announce early access to programmatic transfers for protocols, unlocking new efficiencies in treasury management. …Cryptocurrency3 min read
Published in Anchorage Digital·Jun 16Building in Bear Markets: Institutional Crypto Lessons in VolatilityBy Diogo Mónica Recent market volatility among digital assets–what many have dubbed the latest crypto winter–has forced industry players to look inward. And it’s revealed a number of serious structural deficiencies that can’t be ignored. But conflating the crypto market’s performance with the exposure of those company- or asset-specific deficiencies…Blockchain4 min read
Published in Anchorage Digital·Jun 9Anchorage Welcomes Five Prominent Digital Assets Exchanges, Liquidity Providers, and Liquidity Takers to Improve Capital EfficiencyThe foundation for a safer, fairer crypto marketplace begins here From Washington to Wall Street, recent events have made it increasingly clear that a trusted and secure crypto economy will require client funds to be segregated into separate, regulated institutional vaults, which is something that we at Anchorage Digital have…Custody6 min read
Published in Anchorage Digital·May 31Eight Questions: Asaf Iram, Head of Risk, AnchorageWelcome to Eight Questions, where we profile individual members of the Anchorage Digital team, diving into their career paths, what brought them to crypto, and what makes them tick. Why eight? Because it’s the number of decimal places a bitcoin can be divided into. It’s also the last single digit…Crypto6 min read
May 26Clearing the Last Hurdles to Institutional Adoption of CryptoYuriy Anosov Even with recent market uncertainty, cryptocurrencies have seen amazing growth over the past decade, outperforming every other asset class. While institutional investors initially looked at digital assets skeptically, the long-term resilience of crypto has undoubtedly changed their perspective. 2021 saw institutional interest in crypto soar significantly. Institutional clients…Crypto4 min read
Published in Anchorage Digital·May 24Founders’ Fireside Chat on DeFiance MediaAs Anchorage Digital enters its fifth year, Co-Founders Diogo Mónica and Nathan McCauley sat down with DeFiance Media for a fireside chat to reflect on Anchorage’s origins, the platform’s evolution, and their vision for the future of digital assets.Crypto13 min read
