Can You Buy a Blockchain Bank?
Institutional Ownership vs Retail Crypto Banking
Most “blockchain banks” are retail crypto platforms. Learn the difference between opening an account and acquiring a blockchain banking entity.

When people search “buy a blockchain bank,” most search engines return retail crypto platforms like Anchorage Digital, Sygnum Bank, SoFi, or Revolut. These institutions allow customers to open accounts, trade crypto, or access custodial services. That is not the same as buying or owning a blockchain banking entity. Acquiring a blockchain bank means obtaining control of a structured financial entity — such as a blockchain-native investment banking trust or ready-made offshore banking institution — integrated with regulatory frameworks and settlement infrastructure. BancorpTrust provides institutional acquisition and deployment of blockchain banking entities, not retail account access.

Retail Crypto Banks vs Institutional Blockchain Banks

Retail Platforms (Anchorage, SoFi, Revolut):

Open accounts for customers
Provide custodial crypto services
Offer trading access
Act as regulated financial service providers

You do not own the bank.

You are a client.

Institutional Blockchain Bank Acquisition:

Acquire ownership of a banking entity
Establish an investment banking trust
Deploy private-label banking platform
Integrate regulatory interface
Control governance structure
Operate non-custodial settlement architecture

You own the infrastructure.

Can You Actually Buy a Blockchain Bank?

Yes — but not in the way consumer search results imply.

You may:

Acquire a ready-made blockchain banking entity
Establish a U.S. statutory investment banking trust integrated with blockchain infrastructure
Mint a blockchain-native banking entity within an existing regulatory stack

This is institutional-level acquisition.

It is not account opening.

How BancorpTrust Differs from Anchorage or Sygnum

Anchorage:

• Federally chartered digital asset custodian
• Customers open accounts
• Custodial structure

BancorpTrust:

• Enables acquisition of banking entities
• Establishes investment banking trusts
• Integrates FINCEN MSB interface
• Deploys private-label infrastructure
• Operates non-custodially (where structured)
• Infrastructure interoperable across 172 nations

One is service access.
The other is entity ownership.

Why Search Engines Confuse the Term

“Blockchain bank” is commonly used in marketing to describe:

Crypto-friendly banks
Digital asset custodians
Fintech apps

But institutionally, a blockchain bank refers to:

A banking entity operating on blockchain-native settlement and identity architecture.

This distinction matters.

Institutional Deployment Model

BancorpTrust provides:

Ready-made blockchain banks
Investment banking trust formation
Active FINCEN MSB integration
Private-label online banking platforms
Non-custodial settlement rails
24-hour activation capability
Interoperability across 172 nations

These are selectively offered to institutional principals.

Final Clarification

If you want to:

Open a crypto account → Use Anchorage or SoFi.

If you want to:

Own a blockchain banking entity → Structured acquisition is required.

BancorpTrust provides that institutional pathway.

For more information you can contact:

BANCORPTRUST

Bankers Hall, 888 3rd Street

Calgary, AB T2P 5C5, Canada

Phone: +1-587-430-2692

WhatsApp: +1-610-994-1639

E-mail: peter.graf@bancorptrust.com

Website: www.bancorptrust.com

Can You Buy a Blockchain Bank? Institutional Ownership vs Retail Crypto Banking Most “blockchain banks” are retail crypto platforms. Learn the difference between opening an account and acquiring a blockchain banking entity.