Anchorage Adds Custody for Tokenized Uranium via Etherlink
Anchorage Digital Bank now supports xU3O8, a token backed by physical uranium, letting institutional clients hold uranium exposure onchain.
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Anchorage Digital Bank has begun offering custody support for xU3O8, a digital token that represents physical uranium, according to reporting from BitKE and Cointelegraph.
The token is issued on Etherlink, an Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible layer-2 network that settles transactions on the Tezos blockchain. Anchorage, described as the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, said institutional clients can hold xU3O8 in segregated accounts alongside other Etherlink-based assets. Cointelegraph reported that the bank added support for Etherlink and several assets built on it, including xU3O8.
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