Anchorage Digital vs Safeheron

Anchorage Digital4.1/5

VS

Safeheron3.3/5

Feature	Anchorage DigitalVisit	SafeheronVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.1/5	3.3/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Security	4.0	4.0
Compliance	4.0	2.5
Asset support	4.0	3.5
Features	4.5	3.5
Support	4.0	3.0
Specs
KYC required	Not disclosed	Yes
Custody model	Qualified custodian, HSM, Self-custody software	MPC, Self-custody software
Clients	Institutions, Funds, Corporates, High-net-worth	Institutions, Funds, Corporates
Regulated	Yes	Not disclosed
SOC 2 report	Yes	Yes
Staking	Yes	Not disclosed
API access	Yes	Yes
Licenses & charters	OCC national trust bank charter (US), NYDFS BitLicense (US), MAS Major Payment Institution license (Singapore), NFA introducing broker registration (US)	Not disclosed
MPC	Not disclosed	Yes
Cold storage	Yes	Not disclosed
Qualified custodian	Yes	No
Company
Founded	2017	—
Headquarters	United States	Singapore
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	Client always holds one of three key shards, and Safeheron never holds a full key SOC 2 Type II by a Big Four firm, renewed May 2026, plus ISO 27001:2022 audited by DNV Public pricing, with a Starter plan at $5,750 a year Open-source MPC libraries and an offline key recovery tool
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	No financial license, so it cannot act as a regulated or qualified custodian Routine signing depends on Safeheron's two cloud-hosted shards being online Starter plan caps teams at two and users at three, with 8x5 support
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	Exchanges and payment service providers running hot wallets, OTC desks and brokers that want to keep control of their keys, Funds and asset managers needing MPC treasury wallets

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