Looking Back at the Debanking Era — and Forward with Anchorage
Working on Silvergate and Signature payment rails while at Kraken, I saw how crypto-friendly banks were quietly pushed out. What started as “risk management” felt more like coordinated off-ramping — innovation constrained by uncertainty, not law.
That era taught me something crucial: access built on permission will always be fragile.
Now, at Anchorage Digital, I’m joining a federally regulated institution that’s proving crypto can operate inside the system — transparently, securely, and at scale.
The next chapter isn’t about banking crypto; it’s about making finance inspectable by design — and modeling it that way.
I’m optimistic that this new era — one grounded in clear regulation and open modeling — will finally let innovation and trust grow together.