A KKR vezet az Anchorage D sorozatban, 3 milliárd dolláros emeléssel

Private equity firm KKR & Co is set to lead an investment round into digital asset bank Rögzítés, which would value the bank at $3 billion, Az Információs jelentések.

This move by KKR continues the firm’s interest in digital assets. In September, Blockworks reported that KKR has invested as a limited partner in ParaFi Capital’s flagship fund. ParaFi manages about $1 billion and focuses on decentralized finance and blockchain technology. Recently, the company has been making moves to launch a $200 million growth fund. 

ParaFi’s founder Ben Forman was once KKR’s research head, and the firms are said to maintain close ties. 

Anchorage has attracted significant institutional interest since its inception. Earlier this year Singapore’s GIC, one of its sovereign wealth funds that’s a low-risk, blue-chip investor, closed an $80 million round into the bank, A Blockworks jelentette. Within Asia, GIC is considered to be a very conservative investor looking for infrastructure plays, whereas its cousin, Singapore’s Temasek, is compared to Masayoshi Son’s Softbank preferring big bold bets. 

The Information also reported that Fireblocks, a custodian, is in the process of raising a round with a valuation of $8 billion.   

To date, Anchorage has raised $137 million over four funding rounds, according to Crunchbase Pro. The regulated custody of digital assets remains a significant barrier to mainstream adoption. In the US, major baking regulators FDIC, Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have been feltárása how best to coordinate supervision of banks that want to provide custody services. Previously, the OCC took proactive steps to establish a “crypto bank charter” with Anchorage and Paxos two prominent recipients korábban ebben az évben.

Anchorage PR representatives, reached by Blockworks, declined to comment.

This story was updated november 18, at 11:09 am ET.

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