AMINA Bank vs Anchorage Digital

AMINA Bank4.0/5

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Anchorage Digital4.1/5

Feature	AMINA BankVisit	Anchorage DigitalVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.0/5	4.1/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Security	4.0	4.0
Compliance	4.5	4.0
Asset support	3.5	4.0
Features	4.0	4.5
Support	4.0	4.0
Specs
KYC required	Yes	Not disclosed
Custody model	Qualified custodian, MPC, Multi-sig, HSM	Qualified custodian, HSM, Self-custody software
Clients	Institutions, Funds, Corporates, High-net-worth	Institutions, Funds, Corporates, High-net-worth
Regulated	Yes	Yes
SOC 2 report	Not disclosed	Yes
Insurance	Professional indemnity and cyber insurance on hot wallets; professional indemnity, specie and cyber insurance on cold wallets	Not disclosed
Staking	Yes	Yes
API access	Yes	Yes
Licenses & charters	FINMA banking and securities dealer license (Switzerland), FINMA CISA custodian bank license (Switzerland), ADGM FSRA Financial Services Permission (UAE), SFC Type 1, 4, 9 licenses with VA dealing (Hong Kong), FMA MiCA CASP authorization (Austria)	OCC national trust bank charter (US), NYDFS BitLicense (US), MAS Major Payment Institution license (Singapore), NFA introducing broker registration (US)
MPC	Yes	Not disclosed
Cold storage	Yes	Yes
Qualified custodian	Yes	Yes
Company
Founded	2018	2017
Headquarters	Switzerland	United States
Investors	Not disclosed	Tether, KKR, GIC
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	FINMA-licensed Swiss bank with a separate CISA custodian license for Swiss funds MiCA CASP authorization in Austria, with 30 EEA countries in ESMA's register HSM and MPC hot wallets plus air-gapped cold storage with a multisig structure per client Client crypto segregated under Swiss law and kept off the balance sheet	Custody at an OCC-chartered national trust bank, in place since January 2021 SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 reports, with SOC 2 examinations since 2021 Staking and governance voting on 20+ networks without assets leaving custody Atlas settlement supports off-exchange trading on Binance from custody
Cons	Cold storage covers 12 of the 32 listed assets Asset availability varies by jurisdiction The Abu Dhabi branch can arrange custody but may not hold client assets or serve retail clients	No insurance policy for digital assets appears in its custody disclosures OCC consent order over BSA/AML deficiencies ran from April 2022 to August 2025 No EU authorization yet; the Irish MiCA application was announced in October 2026
Best for	Professional investors and family offices that want custody, trading and staking at one Swiss bank, Swiss fund managers that need a CISA-licensed custodian bank, Private and cantonal banks adding crypto for their clients	ETF issuers and asset managers that want a federally chartered custodian, Funds that stake or vote without moving assets out of custody, Trading firms using Binance with collateral held off-exchange

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