Cofounder and CEO
Anchorage Digital
Nathan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Anchorage Digital, a global crypto platform founded in 2017 and purpose-built for institutions. As the first and only federally regulated crypto bank in the United States, Anchorage Digital Bank also offers its institutional clients regulated on-chain services including staking, settlement, and governance under its OCC charter. Nathan has testified before the U.S. Congress, worked closely with policymakers around the globe to bring crypto into the regulatory perimeter, and is a writer on institutional crypto adoption, decentralized finance, crypto market structure, cyber security, and financial innovation. Before founding Anchorage Digital, Nathan built and led the security team at Docker and was an early employee at Square (Block), where he led the team that built the infrastructure security platform that is today used to process over $228 billion in payments annually.
Between 2026 and 2030, banking will be re-architected at its core. Artificial intelligence will move from decision support to autonomous execution. Financial activity will increasingly occur on-chain. Banking services will be embedded into non-bank platforms. Cyber risk and fraud will redefine digital trust. And regulation will be rewritten for a world of real-time, programmable finance.
This super-panel brings together executive leaders to examine the five forces that will define competitive advantage over the next five years—and to debate what incumbents must change now to remain relevant. The discussion will focus not on experimentation, but on strategic choices, operating model shifts, and leadership decisions that will shape the future of banking, including a deep dive into the following:
Nathan McCauley leads the only federally chartered digital asset bank—Anchorage Digital—and partners with other banks looking to crack into crypto. With regulatory progress and market momentum driving more institutions into the digital-asset ecosystem, McCauley unpacks why banks of all sizes need to develop comprehensive crypto strategies today to remain competitive as the crypto industry swiftly evolves. Drawing on insights from the latest in blockchain innovation—including tokenization, stablecoins, and wealth management solutions—McCauley outlines how banks can dive into digital asset technology to create new revenue streams while meeting client demand.