# Nathan McCauley

> Nathan McCauley is the co-founder and CEO of Anchorage Digital, an institutional digital asset platform founded with Diogo Mónica in 2017. A former security leader at Square and Docker, he helped build a business around safeguarding cryptographic keys and pursued the federal trust bank charter Anchorage received in 2021. His work now spans custody, financial infrastructure, stablecoins, and public advocacy on regulation.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Anchorage Digital
- **Organizations:** Anchorage Digital, Anchorage Digital Bank, N.A., Square (now Block), Docker, Arxan Technologies, CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Taylor University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Anchorage Digital in 2017., Led Anchorage through the 2021 national trust bank conversion, establishing the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States., Previously led security engineering at Square and Docker.

## Career timeline

- **2008-2011** — Worked at Arxan Technologies on software security and cryptographic key management.
- **2011** — Joined Square the same week as future co-founder Diogo Mónica; worked in and led security engineering.
- **2015** — Moved to Docker, where he and Mónica built and led the security team.
- **2017** — Co-founded Anchorage Digital with Mónica.
- **2021** — Anchorage received conditional approval for its national trust bank conversion; later raised a $350 million Series D at a valuation above $3 billion.
- **2022** — The OCC issued a consent order against Anchorage Digital Bank over BSA/AML compliance deficiencies.
- **2025** — Testified before the Senate Banking Committee in February; OCC terminated the bank’s 2022 consent order in August.
- **2026** — Anchorage announced Tether’s $100 million strategic investment and an employee tender offer at a $4.2 billion valuation; McCauley joined the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Anchorage Digital in 2017.
- Led Anchorage through the 2021 national trust bank conversion, establishing the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States.
- Previously led security engineering at Square and Docker.
- Appointed to the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee in February 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published “AI Frontier Labs: Be Careful What You Lobby For,” applying lessons from crypto banking to AI regulation.
- **2026-05** — Introduced Agentic Banking in his essay “Finance Is Entering Its Autonomous Era.”
- **2026-02** — Named to the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee on February 12.
- **2026-02** — Anchorage announced a $100 million strategic investment from Tether and an employee tender offer at a $4.2 billion valuation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.anchorage.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanmccauley
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/nathanmccauley

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Last updated: 2026-10-22