{"id":48374,"date":"2021-08-27T09:57:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T06:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=48374"},"modified":"2025-09-02T01:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T22:53:37","slug":"anchorage-hires-former-wells-fargo-top-executive-ken-chapman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/anchorage-hires-former-wells-fargo-top-executive-ken-chapman\/","title":{"rendered":"Anchorage hires former Wells Fargo top executive Ken Chapman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Wells Fargo top executive Ken Chapman has joined Anchorage, the institutional-focused crypto bank.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">We&#8217;re pleased to welcome <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenChapman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@KenChapman<\/a> to the Anchorage team.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Anchorage&#8217;s banking focus and his hire via <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nate_DiCamillo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@Nate_DiCamillo<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoinDesk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@CoinDesk<\/a>:<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/KRBECAJuIp\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/KRBECAJuIp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anchorage Digital (@Anchorage) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anchorage\/status\/1430916325413556231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In his previous role, Chapman led digital assets and blockchain technology initiatives. He has also worked at Bank of America, BNY Mellon, Bridgewater Associates, JPMorgan and UBS.<\/p>\n<p>At Anchorage, Chapman will serve as Director of Banking Products and Markets. He said this would enable the firm \\&#8221;to meet strong demand for its services, including custody, trading and lending.\\&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In January 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/anchorage-becomes-the-first-federally-chartered-digital-asset-bank-in-the-united-states\">Anchorage received the first license in the United States for a federal crypto bank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The organization <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/anchorage-the-cryptocurrency-custodian-raises-80-million-in-series-c-funding\">raised $80 million<\/a> following a funding round. It was led by the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund with participation from a16z, Blockchain Capital, Lux and Indico.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in June, Anchorage announced <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/anchorage-to-offer-ethereum-collateralized-loans\">a service for issuing secured Ethereum-backed loans<\/a> in US dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Wells Fargo top executive Ken Chapman has joined Anchorage, the institutional-focused crypto bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1991,2054],"class_list":["post-48374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-anchorage","tag-wells-fargo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48376,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48374\/revisions\/48376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}