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Anchorage Digital Integrates Frgmnt fUSD and sfUSD for Institutional Custody, Minting, and Staking
Anchorage Digital integrates Frgmnt fUSD and sfUSD into its custody platform for institutions. Institutions can hold, mint, stake, unstake, and redeem fUSD within existing custody, without separate setup.
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Anchorage adds fUSD custody
Anchorage Digital has integrated Frgmnt’s fUSD and sfUSD into its custody platform, letting eligible institutional clients hold, mint, redeem, stake, and unstake without setting up a separate custody arrangement.
“institutions will be able to hold, mint, stake, unstake and redeem its fUSDstablecointhrough Anchorage Digital’s custody platform”
Frgmnt said the integration gives institutions a “more direct route” to its onchain stablecoin infrastructure “within the custody and operational environment they already use to manage digital assets.”
The partnership positions Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., described as a federally chartered crypto bank, as a regulated access point for institutional exposure to Frgmnt’s yield-bearing stablecoin ecosystem.
Frgmnt mints fUSD against USDC and routes that backing into selected onchain lending markets, with staking designed to convert fUSD into sfUSD for rewards tied to those strategies.
Yield, caps, and timing
Multiple outlets tied the rollout to Frgmnt’s capped, invite-only beta, with DeFiLlama data cited at about $100,000 in total value locked.
BigGo Finance reported that Frgmnt’s sfUSD was generating 13.32% APR as of Sept. 4, while noting returns shift as lending-market conditions evolve.
Frgmnt and other coverage said the next step is scheduled for September, with BigGo Finance specifying a plan to open public access and raise its deposit cap on Sept. 15.
In the same integration, Anchorage’s custody access is already live for institutional clients, but Frgmnt’s beta constraints could limit how quickly new capital enters the underlying lending exposure.
Institutional adoption stakes
The partnership also drew attention to how Anchorage’s regulated footprint is being used to package DeFi mechanics inside institutional workflows, with Crypto News describing Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. as operating under a federal charter and regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
“Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. operates under a federal charter and is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency”
Anchorage Digital CEO and co-founder Nathan McCauley said, “Supporting Frgmnt gives our clients another way to access onchain opportunities through trusted institutional infrastructure.”
For Frgmnt, the integration is framed as a distribution channel into funds, corporate treasuries, and fintechs already using institutional digital asset infrastructure, while keeping token management inside Anchorage’s custody and operational environment.
The sources also place the deal in a broader stablecoin expansion by Anchorage, including Tether’s earlier move to tap Anchorage Digital Bank in January to issue USAT under the GENIUS Act and a May partnership with Mexico’s Grupo Salinas through its Coinpro unit.