COINOTAG News (Aug. 25) cites reporting from The Block that custody specialist Anchorage Digital was valued at over $30 billion in its 2021 Series D round. In response to a sustained downturn in broader cryptocurrency funding, the firm has expanded its remit to include direct venture activity aimed at early-stage ecosystem builders.
The newly announced arm, Anchorage Digital Ventures, will allocate capital and provide strategic backing to founding teams focused on on-chain infrastructure. Anchorage frames the initiative as a means to support protocol development while preserving institutional-quality custody and governance standards.
Anchorage says the program is designed to help protocols become institution-ready from day one and to offer assistance that extends beyond pure capital deployment. Market participants should view the move as a targeted capital-allocation strategy by a major crypto custody provider facing constrained funding conditions.