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According to official news, Tether announced the establishment of the Swiss non-profit foundation FASE (Financial Access and Systemic Empowerment) on October 28, focusing on four main areas: financial security, financial inclusion, access to basic resources, and responsible AI and robotics.Founding members include Anchorage Digital, Bitfury, Bybit, Chainalysis, Fasanara Capital, Kraken, Opera, Pave Bank, Prosper Global (formerly Mercy Corps), and the Solana Foundation. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will provide technical consulting.The first batch of projects includes: establishing a global youth alliance with Goodwall, aiming to provide anti-fraud education to up to 10 million young people, prioritizing coverage in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia; launching a stablecoin humanitarian aid pilot with Prosper Global, initially covering up to 1 million people; and collaborating with the United Nations Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons to support survivor assistance.

Anchorage Digital announced the expansion of its custody and listing arrangements with the Latin American cryptocurrency platform Bitso, extending its custody layer to cover both ends of the stablecoin corridor between the United States and Mexico. According to the agreement announced on Tuesday, the Mexican peso stablecoin MXNB issued by Bitso is now being custodied by this federally chartered crypto bank across six blockchains: Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, and Arc.Meanwhile, Bitso has launched the USD stablecoins USDPT and USAT, which are issued and custodied by Anchorage, with the former coming from Western Union and the latter from Tether. The financial terms were not disclosed by either party. This collaboration targets one of the largest cross-border payment flows in the world, the U.S.-Mexico remittance corridor, which transfers billions of dollars annually, with approximately 15% currently operating through Bitso's infrastructure.Nathan McCauley, CEO and co-founder of Anchorage, stated that the U.S.-Mexico corridor is where stablecoins transition from theory to large-scale real money flows, and the company has now become the institutional custody layer at both ends of that flow. Ben Reid, head of stablecoins at Bitso, mentioned that customers can now access the complete dollar-peso corridor through a fully on-chain method supported by a federally chartered bank. This move also continues the trend of Circle's recent expansion of Latin American stablecoins with the launch of a USDC settlement pilot in Colombia.

The Hong Kong dollar stablecoin joint venture Anchorpoint, established by Standard Chartered Bank and Animoca Brands, stated that it will cautiously advance products aimed at retail users and has not confirmed a specific launch time. Anchorpoint's CEO Dominic Maffei declined to reiterate the previous timeline of "opening retail by the end of 2026" during a press conference on Friday, stating that the company would adopt a prudent strategy. He mentioned that the market should be built in a long-term and sustainable manner, and rushing to launch is "not reasonable."Anchorpoint launched its institutional-grade stablecoin product in August 2026. This statement comes as HSBC launched the Hong Kong dollar stablecoin RedCoin for its 3.3 million PayMe app users on Friday. Anchorpoint originates from the collaboration between Standard Chartered Bank, Animoca Brands, and telecommunications operator HKT, which was announced in February 2025. The three parties previously participated together in the Hong Kong stablecoin issuer sandbox in July 2024. Animoca is responsible for providing blockchain expertise and industry networks for the joint venture and promoting the application of the stablecoin in the Web3 ecosystem.

Anchorage Digital, the first federally regulated crypto bank in the United States, announced a partnership with the tokenization platform Securitize, which will allow for the direct minting and redemption of stablecoins issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, N.A., without the need for intermediaries. Anchorage Digital Bank is also responsible for custody and settlement, ensuring that the counterparty and custody standards on the dollar side of tokenization transactions on Securitize align with those on the securities side.Securitize is the largest tokenization platform globally by assets under management, providing regulated infrastructure for tokenized funds for institutions such as Apollo, BlackRock, BNY, Hamilton Lane, KKR, and VanEck, with platform assets exceeding $4 billion. The stablecoin issuance ecosystem of Anchorage Digital Bank includes USDtb, issued in collaboration with Ethena Labs, and USA₮, co-developed with Tether.According to an independent reserve report verified by Anchorage Digital Bank, as of August 31, 2026, approximately 99% of the $530 million reserves of USDtb are held by the Securitize tokenized BlackRock BUIDL fund.Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital, stated that Anchorage Digital Bank is designed for the large-scale issuance of stablecoins under federal regulation, and regulated issuance is key for tokenization to reach institutional scale. Carlos Domingo, chairman and CEO of Securitize, mentioned that collaborating with Anchorage Digital Bank enables them to directly access digital dollars issued under federal regulation and custodied by the same institution.

According to The Block, the qualified Bitcoin custodian licensed in Nevada, AnchorWatch Trust Company, has officially launched Bitcoin custody services. Its custody fees are based on a fixed amount pricing model, with a maximum of $10,000 per month, and it can provide optional insurance coverage of up to $370 million for each client.Its client base includes trustees, publicly traded companies, trust institutions, and high-net-worth individuals with qualified Bitcoin custody needs.

The tokenized US stock collateral lending platform Spout announced the completion of a $2 million strategic round of financing, with investors including Draper Dragon, Anchorage, Flow Traders, Taisu Ventures, Vessel VC, Solayer Labs, 2Square Capital, Bering Waters, Solana Labs, Solana co-founder Toly, former CFTC chairman Chris Giancarlo, and others participating.According to the product mechanism announced by Spout, users can collateralize tokenized US stocks to borrow USDC at a fixed loan-to-value ratio of 50%, with no interest charged to borrowers during the loan period. The income earned by lenders comes from the premiums generated by selling covered call options on the aforementioned collateral weekly, rather than from the interest rate paid by borrowers.

Sui posted on platform X that the Hashi mainnet will gradually go live this month, with over $500 million in capital commitments already secured.Anchorage will join as a launch partner to provide qualified custody services and stablecoin liquidity for Hashi.

AnchorageDigital announced the acquisition of the B2B payment platform Routable, with the transaction amount undisclosed. Routable helps businesses complete onboarding and verification of payees through a developer-first API, automating tax and compliance processes while facilitating bulk payments to creators, contractors, sellers, and others in over 220 countries, supporting both fiat and stablecoin payments.AnchorageDigital stated that its clients will expand from crypto-native companies to traditional financial institutions entering the digital asset space, as well as large tech companies and Fortune 500 firms with significant payment needs. Routable will operate under a new brand, with stablecoin and tokenized deposit products expected to launch in the coming quarters.

According to official news, the digital asset platform Anchorage Digital announced the expansion of its global business layout. The dollar accounts for qualified institutional clients, which were previously offered through Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., are now also available through Anchorage Digital Singapore.Anchorage Digital stated that it will integrate dollar accounts, digital asset custody, global SWIFT wire transfers, and 24/7 settlement into the same platform.

According to The Information, citing informed sources on Friday, Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered digital asset bank in the United States, has laid off 17% of its workforce. CEO Nathan McCauley informed employees of this decision earlier this week. Anchorage was valued at $4.2 billion earlier this year, and as of February, the global workforce was approximately 400 people, meaning this layoff affects about 68 positions.The Information attributes this layoff to the ongoing downturn in the cryptocurrency market that has lasted for a year. Bitcoin briefly rose above $87,000 on Friday but remains far below the peak of $126,000 reached in October last year.At the time of the layoffs, Anchorage is continuing to expand its presence in the regulated U.S. cryptocurrency industry. The company became the first cryptocurrency firm to obtain a national trust charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in 2021 and has since developed into a major cryptocurrency custodian. Recently, its business has expanded into the stablecoin issuance sector, including participation in Tether's newly launched U.S. stablecoin USAT; earlier this year, the company also received a strategic investment of $100 million from Tether.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoin futures open interest has risen above $50 billion for the first time this year.David Lawant, Head of Research at Anchorage Digital, stated that this is not a warning signal of excessive leverage, but rather a reflection of market vitality, noting that the increase in spot trading volume and the thinning order book point to an early stage of recovery in the Bitcoin market.In his analysis, Lawant introduced the liquidity absorption ratio and explained how to identify shifts in Bitcoin market mechanisms. He mentioned the Bitcoin options market, which is approximately $60 billion in size, and the volatility curve, explaining why short-term Bitcoin volatility remains elevated through 2026, as well as what information options data can provide that prices themselves cannot reflect.He also shared Anchorage's experience with backtesting 37,000 covered call options and discussed how ETFs and treasury companies are changing the price discovery process for Bitcoin.

The lending agreement indicates that Spark has allocated $210 million in loans to institutions collateralized by Bitcoin, with the related Bitcoin held by the digital asset custodian Anchorage Digital. Institutions can borrow USDC while the pledged assets remain with a qualified custodian.Spark provides the loan funds, and Anchorage Digital manages the collateral through the Atlas platform. Atlas is its automated network that offers round-the-clock margin monitoring, settlement, and third-party services within a regulated custody framework.

The cryptocurrency venture capital firm Hashed has anchored a new digital asset private credit fund with a target size of $300 million. The fund was founded by Abu Dhabi investor and Further Ventures co-founder Mohamed Hamdy, and is managed by Thoro Capital Management, where he serves as managing partner.Thoro will lend directly to digital asset institutions in US dollars settled through stablecoins, with Hashed acting as the primary investor in the fund. Hashed stated that the new fund aims to address key financing bottlenecks in the institutional digital asset space—traditional banks are constrained by regulatory capital requirements, while existing crypto lenders underwrite based on asset collateral, which forces even profitable and audited market infrastructure companies to rely on expensive, short-term secured borrowing.The fund adopts a "contract-based" underwriting approach, assessing borrowers' financial conditions, cash flows, and management performance. Hashed noted that tokenized private credit has become the largest real-world asset (RWA) category by cumulative on-chain lending, with total loans exceeding $14 billion, while the traditional private credit market exceeds $30 trillion. Previously, Hashed obtained a financial services license issued by the Abu Dhabi Global Market and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office last week.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform stating that Spaces has launched "Trust Anchor," allowing applications to directly verify human-readable identities based on Bitcoin without relying on centralized servers.Users can obtain a single Trust ID and scan or paste it into Spaces-compatible applications to verify identity identifiers like alice@bitcoin based on the locally verified Spaces protocol status. The Trust ID is generated from the Bitcoin block header chain and the accumulated status of Spaces; the Veritas application on macOS can generate this ID without the need to run a full Bitcoin node, and users can also connect their own nodes or generate the same Trust ID through the Spaces client.This solution aims to use Bitcoin as the foundation for a decentralized certificate authority, enabling applications to authenticate identities without trusting company servers.

The first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., began offering xU3O8 custody services for institutional clients on September 16, 2026. This token is backed by physical uranium concentrate yellowcake, with the related uranium materials stored at Cameco facilities and held in beneficial ownership by a UK trust structure.xU3O8 is issued by Uranium.io, with the UK regulator Archax acting as the trustee, and the underlying assets are mapped through the Etherlink network. Cameco is responsible for storing physical uranium in certified facilities and regularly publishes the results of reserve proof audits. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) regulates Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., allowing its clients to include xU3O8 in isolation and bankruptcy-remote accounts similar to those for Bitcoin and cash equivalents. Currently, the unit price of xU3O8 is approximately $5.66, with a total market capitalization of about $9 million.

Anchorage Digital expands its commodity trust services, officially providing custody for tokenized uranium, marking the first time a federally chartered crypto bank in the United States has ventured into the custody of non-precious metal commodities.

According to sources, Anthropic is in talks to bring in NVIDIA as its anchor investor for its IPO, which is expected to be the largest in history.It is reported that NVIDIA is considering investing up to $10 billion in this IPO.

Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, has partnered with the stablecoin protocol Frgmnt to provide institutional clients access to fUSD and sfUSD tokens through its custody platform. Institutional clients can hold, mint, redeem, stake, and unstake fUSD without setting up separate custody arrangements.Frgmnt is a stablecoin protocol built on the Base network, issuing fUSD collateralized by USDC, with collateral assets deployed in on-chain lending markets. Users can stake fUSD for sfUSD to earn yields generated by the underlying strategies of the protocol. According to DeFiLlama data, the protocol has approximately $100,000 locked and is currently in a capped invitation-only testing phase, with plans to open public access and increase deposit limits on September 15. As of September 4, the annualized yield for sfUSD is approximately 13.32%.Anchorage Digital Bank is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and its parent company, Anchorage Digital, reached a valuation of $4.2 billion after receiving a $100 million investment from Tether in February. Previously, Tether had commissioned Anchorage to issue the stablecoin USAt for the U.S. market in January, and Anchorage has also collaborated with Grupo Salinas, Marinade Finance, and others to expand stablecoin payment and staking services.

a16z partner Sarah Wang recently published an article pointing out that AI application layer products should not price based on tokens like the model layer, but rather on "recognizable work units." The article argues that token pricing anchors the value of application products to a unit whose cost is continuously declining, making it difficult for customers to predict context length, retrieval volume, or reasoning time, and improperly compares applications to raw computing power.The article suggests a tiered pricing model based on value levels: model layer priced by tokens; application layer priced by recognizable work units for customers (such as account research briefs, code modifications, completed queries), which can be encapsulated through Credits; and scenarios that are attributable and have clear value priced directly by results (such as resolved customer service conversations, qualified leads). The design of Credits should map to different levels of work difficulty to protect gross margins and distinguish "work value" from "delivery cost." The article uses Clay as an example, where its new pricing separates Data Credits (third-party data) from Actions (orchestrated work), only passing on costs for reasoning models with significant cost fluctuations without markup. The author believes that pricing anchored to value rather than computing cost allows customers to understand spending in relation to value, while also benefiting product providers in maintaining profit margins.