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Anchorage provides institutions with integrated digital asset financial services and infrastructure solutions, including custody, staking, voting, auditing, proof of existence, and trading. It offers a combination of secure custody, regulatory compliance, product breadth, and client service, with the first federally chartered crypto bank.
Anchorage Digital Reportedly Lays Off About 17% of Staff, Valued at $4.2 Billion
Odaily News: U.S. digital asset bank Anchorage Digital has reportedly laid off approximately 17% of its workforce. The company was valued at $4.2 billion earlier this year; if its global headcount remains at around 400 as it was in February, this round of layoffs would affect roughly 68 positions. CEO Nathan McCauley informed employees of the layoff arrangements this week.In recent years, Anchorage Digital has expanded its regulated crypto business and entered stablecoin issuance, including participating in Tether's newly launched USD stablecoin USAT. The company also received a $100 million strategic investment from Tether earlier this year. (Cointelegraph)
Anchorage Digital Cuts 17%: Dragged Down by Market Conditions, Trimming Approximately 68 Positions
Anchorage Digital has reportedly cut 17% of its workforce, affecting approximately 68 positions, primarily due to the downturn in the cryptocurrency market. Despite these downward pressures, the company secured a $100 million strategic investment from Tether.
区块链奖励平台 Bundle 完成 550 万美元 Pre-Seed 融资，Anchorage Digital 等参投
According to Konsulteer, blockchain rewards platform Bundle announced the completion of a $5.5 million Pre-Seed funding round, co-led by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin's Ethereal Ventures and Further Ventures, with participation from institutions including Nascent, GSR, Scenius Capital, Anchorage Digital, and Nuwa Capital.
Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure Pact Labs Raises $7 Million in Series A Funding Led by Tether
Pact Labs, a stablecoin payment infrastructure provider, has announced a $7 million Series A funding round, led by Tether, with participation from Blockchange Ventures and Lasagna. The new funds will be used to accelerate infrastructure development, enabling USAT to provide payroll services, wage withdrawals, credit, and payment solutions for millions of American workers. USAT is a USD stablecoin issued by Tether in partnership with Anchorage Digital Bank. (Prnewswire)
Morpho completes $175 million funding round, led by a16z Crypto and Paradigm
DeFi lending protocol Morpho has announced the completion of a $175 million funding round, led by a16z Crypto, Paradigm, and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Apollo Funds, Circle Ventures, VanEck, and other institutions.The report states that this funding round was priced based on the average price of Morpho tokens over the past month, corresponding to a valuation of approximately $2 billion for the protocol. Morpho allows institutions to customize lending markets and risk parameters on-chain and has already attracted adoption by institutions such as Coinbase, Kraken, Anchorage Digital, and Galaxy Digital.Data shows that Morpho's current Total Value Locked (TVL) is approximately $6.6 billion. The company stated that it will continue to expand its institutional-grade DeFi lending business and strengthen competition with lending protocols like Aave. (Fortune)
Turnkey Completes $12.5 Million Strategic Financing, with Participation from Circle Ventures and Sequoia Capital
Turnkey, a company specializing in crypto wallets and key management infrastructure, has announced the completion of a $12.5 million strategic financing round. Archetype and Circle Ventures led the round, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Crypto, Lightspeed Faction, Galaxy Ventures, and Variant. The project's total funding has now exceeded $65 million.The company's primary business involves developing wallet and key management infrastructure for crypto applications. This round of financing will be used to support the development and public launch of Turnkey Verifiable Cloud, a product focused on digital asset security computing. This product aims to provide enterprises with verifiable operating environments, encompassing functionalities such as transaction visibility, policy decisions, and agent-driven wallet activities. Turnkey's current clientele includes Polymarket, World App, and Anchorage Digital.
Anchorage Digital Reportedly Lays Off About 17% of Staff, Valued at $4.2 Billion
Odaily News: U.S. digital asset bank Anchorage Digital has reportedly laid off approximately 17% of its workforce. The company was valued at $4.2 billion earlier this year; if its global headcount remains at around 400 as it was in February, this round of layoffs would affect roughly 68 positions. CEO Nathan McCauley informed employees of the layoff arrangements this week.In recent years, Anchorage Digital has expanded its regulated crypto business and entered stablecoin issuance, including participating in Tether's newly launched USD stablecoin USAT. The company also received a $100 million strategic investment from Tether earlier this year. (Cointelegraph)
Coinbase appoints Martin Carrica as Head of Stablecoins
Martin Carrica tweeted that he will join Coinbase as Head of Stablecoins to expand stablecoin coverage and influence. Previously, Martin Carrica led the development of regulated stablecoins at Mountain Protocol and Anchorage.
Anchorage Digital Bank Begins Custody of Physical Uranium Token, xU3O8 Market Cap Around $9 Million
Odaily News: Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, began offering xU3O8 custody services to institutional clients on September 16, 2026. The token is backed by physical uranium concentrate (yellowcake), with the relevant uranium materials stored at Cameco facilities and beneficial ownership held through a UK trust structure.xU3O8 is issued by Uranium.io, with UK regulator Archax serving as trustee, and the underlying assets mapped through the Etherlink network. Cameco is responsible for safeguarding the physical uranium in certified facilities and regularly publishes reserve proof audit results.Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and its clients can include xU3O8 in the same segregated, bankruptcy-remote accounts as Bitcoin and cash equivalents. Currently, xU3O8 is priced at approximately $5.66 per unit, with a total market cap of about $9 million. (Bitcoin.com News)
Virtu Financial, M1X Global, and Tradeweb Complete First On-Chain Repo Transaction Using Sovereign Digital Bond as Collateral in Under 10 Minutes
Odaily News - Financial services firm Virtu Financial, M1X Global, and electronic trading platform Tradeweb have completed an on-chain repo transaction using the Republic of the Marshall Islands' USDM1 sovereign digital bond as collateral. The entire transaction was executed on the Canton Network and settled in under 10 minutes.USDM1 is a U.S. dollar-denominated, on-chain issued sovereign bond, backed 1:1 by short-term U.S. Treasuries. It pays a coupon while serving as collateral and constitutes a fully collateralized sovereign obligation under New York State law. The parties involved stated that this is the first repo transaction combining natively issued sovereign collateral with fully on-chain atomic settlement.USDM1 is available for electronic trading via Tradeweb, with institutional custody services provided by Anchorage Digital, BitGo, and tZERO. The Canton Network is designed for institutional finance, featuring privacy and permissioning mechanisms for regulated transactions and tokenized assets. (Cointelegraph)
Analysis: The Era of "Bitcoin vs. Banks" Is Ending, Trillion-Dollar Financial Institutions Accelerate Crypto Adoption
Odaily News: As Wall Street and global financial institutions accelerate their entry into the digital asset space, the boundaries between traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi) are gradually blurring. Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley stated that the era of "going long Bitcoin and short bankers" is over, and financial institutions are pivoting to the other side of the crypto industry, driving digital asset adoption.Hunter Horsley noted that this summer, two financial institutions, each managing over $1 trillion in assets, approved the launch of crypto products in a bear market environment, showing that large institutions are expanding client access to digital assets. "Everyone put on the crypto jersey this year. Now, everyone is working for the crypto industry," Horsley said. He pointed out that these institutions, managing over a trillion dollars in client assets, would not have opened such services during the 2022 crypto market downturn, but are now actively embracing this sector.Fabian Dori, Chief Investment Officer at Sygnum, also believes the relationship between banks and the crypto industry has undergone a structural shift. "The trade of 'going long Bitcoin and short bankers' is over. Banks have moved from resisting digital assets to building, supporting, and distributing them through custody, tokenization, and compliant trading," a change driven primarily by growing client demand and gradually clarifying regulatory rules, rather than short-term market cycles.Nathan McCauley, CEO of Anchorage Digital, said that over the past two years, its client base has increasingly reflected the convergence of traditional and crypto finance. Large financial institutions typically choose to partner with specialized crypto infrastructure companies rather than building their own technology systems.In recent years, a growing number of financial institutions have entered the crypto space, including Swissquote, DBS Bank, BBVA, BNY Mellon, Credit Suisse-affiliated entities, as well as Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab. (CoinDesk)
Crypto Companies Send Joint Letter to AI Labs, Urging Access to Frontier Models for Bitcoin Developers
据 Cointelegraph 报道，比特币政策研究所（BPI）联合 Anchorage Digital、BitGo、Bitwise、Blockstream、Kraken、Ledger、MARA、Trezor 等多家加密机构，发布公开信敦促各大前沿 AI 实验室为比特币及开源软件开发者建立或扩展可信访问计划。 信中指出，Bitcoin Core 等开源维护者目前缺乏对 AI 实验室网络安全程序的访问渠道，被迫依赖能力较弱的开源模型，而比特币网络当前保护着逾 1 万亿美元资产，任何开源基础设施漏洞均可能危及用户毕生积蓄。BPI 同时披露，已收到多份报告显示包括潜在境外势力在内的复杂攻击者正借助先进 AI 能力持续发动攻击。
Western Union Launches Stablecard in 37 Markets, Integrating USDPT Remittances
Western Union has partnered with stablecoin infrastructure provider Rain to launch Stablecard, a digital wallet and Visa-branded card that enables users to hold and spend US dollar-pegged stablecoins. The product is now available in 37 markets, with Western Union planning to expand to more than 60 markets by the end of this year. Stablecard supports USDPT, a US dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank and running on the Solana blockchain. Users can directly receive Western Union remittances and transfer funds to compatible crypto wallets and exchanges. Users can also spend their balances at all Visa-accepting merchants, as well as through Apple Pay and Google Pay. Western Union also unveiled USDPT in May and expanded its ecosystem through exchange partnerships in June.
Western Union officially launches Stablecard stablecoin payment card, initially covering 37 markets
Odaily News: Global remittance giant Western Union has announced the official launch of Stablecard, built on Rain's stablecoin infrastructure. Users can directly receive USDPT, a stablecoin issued by Western Union and minted on Solana via Anchorage Digital Bank, and spend instantly at Visa-accepting merchants worldwide through the integrated Visa card, or choose to withdraw cash. Stablecard initially covers 37 markets, with Western Union planning to expand to over 60 markets by the end of the year. The company stated that stablecoins will help reduce upfront capital requirements for cross-border remittances, improve capital efficiency, and support the launch of additional digital financial services.
Paradigm unstakes $171 million in HYPE, possibly transferring to institutional custody
this morning, two addresses suspected to be associated with Paradigm unstaked 2.92 million HYPE (approximately $171 million).Former Ethereum core developer and angel investor Eric Conner commented on this, saying: "Everyone assumes this is a sell-off, but it's more likely that this is for ETF seeding. Custodians require tokens to be liquid, and staked HYPE cannot be used. Back in April, they also unstaked $88 million worth of tokens, and on the same day, Grayscale updated its S-1 filing and switched its custodian to Anchorage."
Two major whales withdrew over $25.7 million worth of HYPE from multiple exchanges within 12 hours, suggesting coordinated accumulation.
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), two large HYPE withdrawals occurred in the past 12 hours: a new wallet, 0x6436, withdrew a total of 263,906 HYPE (approximately $19.2 million) from OKX, Bybit, Kraken, and Gate; another new wallet, 0x5EaD—linked to Anchorage Digital—withdrew 88,955 HYPE (approximately $6.5 million) from Kraken five hours ago. The combined value of these two withdrawals is approximately $25.7 million.
Anchorage-linked wallet withdraws another 142,308 HYPE tokens from Gate and OKX
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), an Anchorage-associated wallet has again withdrawn 142,308 HYPE tokens (valued at approximately $7.38 million) from Gate and OKX. Over the past month, it has cumulatively purchased 2.527 million HYPE tokens (valued at approximately $140 million), all of which have been staked.
Wallets associated with Anchorage purchased 397,000 HYPE tokens from Bybit and OKX.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a wallet associated with Anchorage purchased 397,000 $HYPE tokens from Bybit and OKX, valued at approximately $18 million. Over the past month, this wallet has accumulated a total of 2.13 million $HYPE tokens, with a total value of approximately $91.99 million.
Puffer Partners with Anchorage Digital to Provide Institutional Custody and Stablecoin Settlement Infrastructure for UniFi
Odaily News: Puffer has announced a partnership with Anchorage Digital, which will become the institutional-grade custody provider for Puffer UniFi on its launch day. The two parties will also collaborate in areas including stablecoin infrastructure, native settlement, institutional payments, and AI Agent payments.According to the announcement, the two parties will support the issuance and native settlement of stablecoins on Puffer UniFi, with Anchorage Digital responsible for providing institutional custody and related payment infrastructure, while Puffer UniFi provides high-throughput execution, real-time settlement, and access to Ethereum liquidity.Additionally, Anchorage Digital's AI Agent payment infrastructure for financial institutions and registered merchants will utilize Puffer UniFi for stablecoin settlement, enabling software agents to autonomously initiate payments and complete on-chain settlement within an institutional-grade framework.
Anchorage Digital Bank Begins Custody of Physical Uranium Token, xU3O8 Market Cap Around $9 Million
Odaily News: Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, began offering xU3O8 custody services to institutional clients on September 16, 2026. The token is backed by physical uranium concentrate (yellowcake), with the relevant uranium materials stored at Cameco facilities and beneficial ownership held through a UK trust structure.xU3O8 is issued by Uranium.io, with UK regulator Archax serving as trustee, and the underlying assets mapped through the Etherlink network. Cameco is responsible for safeguarding the physical uranium in certified facilities and regularly publishes reserve proof audit results.Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and its clients can include xU3O8 in the same segregated, bankruptcy-remote accounts as Bitcoin and cash equivalents. Currently, xU3O8 is priced at approximately $5.66 per unit, with a total market cap of about $9 million. (Bitcoin.com News)
Anchorage Digital Bank Adds Custody Support for Etherlink and Tokenized Uranium xU3O8
Odaily reports: Anchorage Digital Bank, the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, has added custody support for Etherlink and 7 assets on its network, including xU3O8, a token representing ownership of physical uranium.The other supported assets include WXTZ, liquid staking token stXTZ, USDT, USDC, USDSM, and WETH. Institutional clients can custody assets issued on Etherlink, a Tezos Layer 2 network, through the bank's segregated accounts. (Cointelegraph)
Anchorage Digital Introduces Institutional Channel for Frgmnt Stablecoins
Anchorage Digital has announced support for the fUSD and sfUSD tokens issued by the Frgmnt Protocol, allowing institutional clients to directly conduct deposits, withdrawals, and staking through its custody platform. Frgmnt plans to open public access on September 15.
Anchorage Digital Partners with Frgmnt to Open fUSD and sfUSD Stablecoin Infrastructure to Institutions
Odaily News: Stablecoin protocol Frgmnt has partnered with digital asset custody and infrastructure company Anchorage Digital to open fUSD and sfUSD infrastructure to institutional clients. Clients can hold, mint, stake, and redeem the related protocol assets within Anchorage Digital's existing custody environment without needing to establish separate custody arrangements.Frgmnt issues two related assets on Base, with fUSD minted from USDC and deployed to designated onchain lending markets; users can stake fUSD to receive sfUSD and earn rewards generated by the protocol's strategies. Related holdings and performance metrics can be monitored through Frgmnt's analytics tools, Dune, and DefiLlama.Anchorage Digital operates Anchorage Digital Bank, the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, providing custody, staking, trading, and settlement services to institutional clients. Frgmnt stated that protocol deposits will be opened in capped batches, with the next round of deposits planned for September. (Bitcoin.com News)
Anchorage Digital supports Robinhood Chain asset custody.
According to The Block, Anchorage Digital has added support for Robinhood Chain, enabling institutional investors to custody tokens, tokenized debt securities, and real-world assets issued on the layer-2 network through this federally chartered crypto bank.
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Anchorage Digital Reportedly Lays Off About 17% of Staff, Valued at $4.2 Billion
Odaily News: U.S. digital asset bank Anchorage Digital has reportedly laid off approximately 17% of its workforce. The company was valued at $4.2 billion earlier this year; if its global headcount remains at around 400 as it was in February, this round of layoffs would affect roughly 68 positions. CEO Nathan McCauley informed employees of the layoff arrangements this week.In recent years, Anchorage Digital has expanded its regulated crypto business and entered stablecoin issuance, including participating in Tether's newly launched USD stablecoin USAT. The company also received a $100 million strategic investment from Tether earlier this year. (Cointelegraph)
Anchorage Digital Cuts 17%: Dragged Down by Market Conditions, Trimming Approximately 68 Positions
Anchorage Digital has reportedly cut 17% of its workforce, affecting approximately 68 positions, primarily due to the downturn in the cryptocurrency market. Despite these downward pressures, the company secured a $100 million strategic investment from Tether.
Puffer Partners with Anchorage Digital to Provide Institutional Custody and Stablecoin Settlement Infrastructure for UniFi
Odaily News: Puffer has announced a partnership with Anchorage Digital, which will become the institutional-grade custody provider for Puffer UniFi on its launch day. The two parties will also collaborate in areas including stablecoin infrastructure, native settlement, institutional payments, and AI Agent payments.According to the announcement, the two parties will support the issuance and native settlement of stablecoins on Puffer UniFi, with Anchorage Digital responsible for providing institutional custody and related payment infrastructure, while Puffer UniFi provides high-throughput execution, real-time settlement, and access to Ethereum liquidity.Additionally, Anchorage Digital's AI Agent payment infrastructure for financial institutions and registered merchants will utilize Puffer UniFi for stablecoin settlement, enabling software agents to autonomously initiate payments and complete on-chain settlement within an institutional-grade framework.
Coinbase appoints Martin Carrica as Head of Stablecoins
Martin Carrica tweeted that he will join Coinbase as Head of Stablecoins to expand stablecoin coverage and influence. Previously, Martin Carrica led the development of regulated stablecoins at Mountain Protocol and Anchorage.
Anchorage Digital Bank Begins Custody of Physical Uranium Token, xU3O8 Market Cap Around $9 Million
Odaily News: Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, began offering xU3O8 custody services to institutional clients on September 16, 2026. The token is backed by physical uranium concentrate (yellowcake), with the relevant uranium materials stored at Cameco facilities and beneficial ownership held through a UK trust structure.xU3O8 is issued by Uranium.io, with UK regulator Archax serving as trustee, and the underlying assets mapped through the Etherlink network. Cameco is responsible for safeguarding the physical uranium in certified facilities and regularly publishes reserve proof audit results.Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and its clients can include xU3O8 in the same segregated, bankruptcy-remote accounts as Bitcoin and cash equivalents. Currently, xU3O8 is priced at approximately $5.66 per unit, with a total market cap of about $9 million. (Bitcoin.com News)
Anchorage launches tokenized uranium custody service, expanding RWA footprint
Anchorage Digital has expanded its commodity trust services to officially launch custody for tokenized uranium, marking the first time a U.S. federally chartered crypto bank has entered the non-precious metals commodity custody space.