Summary
TLDR: Diogo Mónica, co-founder of Anchorage Digital, becomes a general partner at Haun Ventures while transitioning to executive Chair of Anchorage’s board. Anchorage is the only federally chartered crypto bank in the US and recently raised $350 million. Mónica will still assist Anchorage with strategy. Mónica joins Haun Ventures, which recently led a funding round for Witness. Other legal hires include Charles B. Ammann at Ionic Digital and Evan Thomas at Alluvial. Other notable hires include Kayla Phillips at Hivemind Capital and Paul Brody and Karen Scarbrough at Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. Oliver Sleafer was promoted to CFO at Backpack.
Key Points
1. Diogo Mónica has joined crypto VC shop Haun Ventures as a general partner, transitioning to an executive chair role at Anchorage Digital.
2. Anchorage Digital Bank, co-founded by Mónica in 2017, is the only federally chartered crypto bank in the US and recently raised a $350 million Series D round.
3. Mónica will continue to assist Anchorage Digital with strategy and executive hiring decisions while taking on his new role at Haun Ventures.