Anchorage Digital vs Fidelity Digital Assets

Anchorage Digital4.1/5

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Fidelity Digital Assets3.5/5

Feature	Anchorage DigitalVisit	Fidelity Digital AssetsVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.1/5	3.5/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Security	4.0	4.0
Compliance	4.0	4.5
Asset support	4.0	2.0
Features	4.5	3.0
Support	4.0	3.5
Specs
Custody model	Qualified custodian, HSM, Self-custody software	Qualified custodian
Clients	Institutions, Funds, Corporates, High-net-worth	Institutions, Funds, Corporates, High-net-worth, Retail
Regulated	Yes	Yes
SOC 2 report	Yes	Yes
Staking	Yes	Not disclosed
API access	Yes	Not disclosed
Licenses & charters	OCC national trust bank charter (US), NYDFS BitLicense (US), MAS Major Payment Institution license (Singapore), NFA introducing broker registration (US)	OCC national trust bank charter (US), FCA MLR cryptoasset registration (UK)
Cold storage	Yes	Yes
Qualified custodian	Yes	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2017	2018
Headquarters	United States	United States
Investors	Tether, KKR, GIC	Not disclosed
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	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	Custodian is a national trust bank subject to OCC supervision Annual SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II audits Targets more than 98% of assets in geographically distributed cold storage Trades execute without assets leaving cold storage, with off-exchange settlement for hedge funds
Cons	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	Custody and execution listed only for bitcoin, ether and SOL FBTC prospectus says custodian insurance benefits only the custodian Fidelity's own Solana ETF uses outside custodians to hold and stake SOL
Best for	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	RIAs and wealth managers adding bitcoin or ether to client portfolios, Pensions, endowments and corporate treasurers that require a bank-chartered custodian, Hedge funds that want off-exchange settlement while assets stay in cold storage

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