Anchorage Digital has applied for a Federal Reserve master account.

Foresight News reported that crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett stated in a post that, according to the latest disclosures from the Federal Reserve database, Anchorage Digital has applied for a Federal Reserve Master Account. Previously, in June this year, she had asked Nathan McCauley, co-founder and CEO of the US crypto bank Anchorage Digital, whether they had applied for a Federal Reserve Master Account, but he declined to comment at that time.

The Master Account is the operational foundation that allows banks to settle transactions directly with the central bank and hold balances at the Federal Reserve. Without such access, banks must use third-party intermediaries to process payments. If Anchorage Digital obtains a Master Account, it could become the first crypto bank able to hold assets other than digital currencies in the same way as traditional financial institutions.