Anchorage Digital Exec Argues Crypto Firms Deserve Full US Payments Access

Anchorage Digital's Rachel Anderika has made a case for equal access to the United States payments system for qualifying financial institutions. Her argument centers on the idea that any institution meeting the standards to participate in American banking should not face barriers to the payments infrastructure. Anderika's position challenges what she views as a tiered or second-class payments framework that currently affects crypto-native firms. The op-ed raises broader questions about fairness and consistency in how US regulators treat traditional versus digital asset institutions.