Anchorage Digital Makes Power Move: Acquires Securitize’s Wealth Management Unit to Dominate Digital Asset Banking

Anchorage Digital just rewired the institutional crypto plumbing. The federally chartered digital asset bank snapped up Securitize's wealth management division—a strategic grab that consolidates power and expands its reach into high-net-worth digital portfolios.

Banking on Tokenization

This isn't just an acquisition; it's a land grab in the race to tokenize everything. Anchorage, already the custodian for giants, now directly integrates the pipes to manage tokenized securities for wealthy clients. It bypasses the old brokerage model entirely—cutting out the middlemen who still think a 'digital asset' is a PDF statement.

The Institutional Stack Gets Deeper

Think infrastructure. By folding in Securitize's wealth unit, Anchorage isn't just holding keys anymore. It's building the full-stack platform: custody, trading, lending, and now, bespoke wealth management—all under one regulated roof. Competitors are left offering pieces of the puzzle while Anchorage sells the whole picture.

A Cynical Take on Finance, As Usual

Let's be real—this is how traditional finance gets disrupted. Not with a meme coin rally, but with boring, brilliant paperwork. Anchorage got the bank charter, now it's buying the revenue streams. Meanwhile, legacy wealth managers are still holding committee meetings to decide if Bitcoin is an 'asset class'—a classic case of rearranging deck chairs while the ship gets a blockchain engine.

The New Power Broker

The message is clear: the future of digital asset banking isn't just about safekeeping. It's about control over the entire capital stack. With this move, Anchorage positions itself not as a service provider, but as the indispensable platform. Everyone else is just renting space.

Anchorage Digital has acquired Securitize For Advisors (SFA), a digital asset platform serving registered investment advisors, as the federally chartered crypto bank expands its wealth management capabilities.

The deal, announced Monday, brings SFA's technology platform, product team, and client relationships under Anchorage Digital's control, creating what the company describes as a unified offering combining trading, custody, and client interface.

The transaction reflects diverging strategic priorities: Anchorage Digital gains comprehensive wealth management infrastructure, while Securitize narrows its focus to institutional-grade securities tokenization.

SFA has experienced dramatic growth since launching in 2021, with the platform expanding more than 4,500% over the past twelve months in net new deposits and assets under management. That pace significantly exceeds the RIA industry's 16% growth rate during the same period, according to the announcement.

The acquisition formalizes an existing partnership between the companies, with 99% of SFA client assets already held in custody at Anchorage Digital Bank. Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital, said RIAs represent a critical driver of crypto adoption and described the combined entity as positioning the company to build the leading solution for wealth managers.

Carlos Domingo, co-founder and CEO of Securitize, characterized the SFA business as an unexpected success that evolved from concept to a top RIA-focused crypto platform. However, he said divesting the unit allows Securitize to concentrate on its primary focus of tokenizing capital markets and real-world assets.

For Anchorage Digital, the deal consolidates the full wealth management stack under federal banking regulation, potentially offering compliance advantages as traditional financial advisors increase digital asset allocations for clients.

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Anchorage Digital operates as the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, holding a national trust charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.