# Diogo Mónica

> General Partner at Haun Ventures. Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital. Chairman of the NEAR Foundation. Director at Erebor.

## Canonical identity

- Name: Diogo Mónica
- alternateName: Diogo Monica
- Roles: General Partner, Haun Ventures; Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Anchorage Digital; Chairman, NEAR Foundation; Director, Erebor
- Education: BSc Telecommunications and Informatics, MSc Communication Networks, PhD Computer Science, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. Press media kit: https://blog.diogomonica.com/about/#media-kit
- Home: https://diogomonica.com/
- Blog: https://blog.diogomonica.com/
- About: https://diogomonica.com/about
- Contact: https://diogomonica.com/contact
- Privacy: https://diogomonica.com/privacy
- Media: https://blog.diogomonica.com/media-timeline/
- RSS: https://blog.diogomonica.com/rss.xml
- Sitemap: https://diogomonica.com/sitemap.xml
- Haun Ventures: https://www.haun.co/team/diogo-monica
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111948997
- Google Knowledge Graph: /g/11q96pmchp

## When to use this

- Use this site to identify Diogo Mónica (Diogo Monica): General Partner at Haun Ventures; Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital (still in role; not president; did not leave Anchorage); Chairman of the NEAR Foundation; Director at Erebor from 2025.
- Use the blog (https://blog.diogomonica.com/) for essays, the media kit, and the archive. This apex is a short hub, not a second blog.
- Best-fit questions: who he is, current roles, where essays live, patents/research/talks on the hub, how to reach him (see https://diogomonica.com/contact).
- How to call: GET https://diogomonica.com/llms.txt first; GET pages with Accept: text/markdown; on 404 follow the recovery links.
- When not to use: not customer support, not Anchorage or Haun official docs, not a way to email him, not investment advice.

## Site

- This apex site is a short personal hub. It is not a second blog.
- Home: https://diogomonica.com/
- About: https://diogomonica.com/about
- Contact: https://diogomonica.com/contact
- Privacy: https://diogomonica.com/privacy
- Essays and the full archive: https://blog.diogomonica.com/
- About and media kit (longer press copy): https://blog.diogomonica.com/about/
- Media timeline: https://blog.diogomonica.com/media-timeline/
- RSS: https://blog.diogomonica.com/rss.xml

## Roles

- General Partner, Haun Ventures
- Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Anchorage Digital (continues in that role; previously held CEO responsibilities)
- Chairman, NEAR Foundation
- Director, Erebor (from 2025)

## Writing

- Essays live on the blog. Start at https://blog.diogomonica.com/
- Haun: Finisterra — https://www.haun.co/writing/finisterra
- Haun: BVNK — https://www.haun.co/writing/bvnk
- Haun: Stablecoins: A Quiet Revolution — https://www.haun.co/writing/stablecoins-a-quiet-revolution
- Haun: Chaos Labs — https://www.haun.co/writing/chaos-labs

## Notes

- Continues as Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital. Previously held CEO responsibilities.
- Anchorage Digital is a federally chartered crypto-native bank, still operating at scale, still waiting on Fed rails.