Algorand re-establishes U.S. headquarters… “Decision driven by restored regulatory clarity”

The Algorand (ALGO) Foundation is once again making the United States a core base and overhauling its blockchain strategy around regulated financial-market infrastructure.

According to CryptoNomist, a digital-asset industry outlet, the Algorand Foundation recently decided to base its headquarters in Delaware and has resumed related operations. The foundation cited regulatory uncertainty as the reason it previously left the U.S., but said it now believes sufficient institutional clarity is in place to pursue long-term initiatives.

Mark Vanlerberg, Algorand’s chief marketing officer (CMO), said in an interview, “For some time, the U.S. regulatory environment lacked the predictability needed to build financial infrastructure,” adding, “Now we’re beginning to see a path where we can make long-term plans on the premise of clear rules.”

Explaining why Delaware was chosen, he said it is “a region with legal and governance frameworks trusted by large technology organizations and financial institutions,” adding that “it was important to build infrastructure within systems that institutions understand and trust.”

Algorand said its return to the U.S. will be an opportunity to focus on financial use cases such as crypto payments, asset tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi). Vanlerberg said, “Algorand’s direction is not speculative use but moving finance on-chain,” adding that “payments, asset issuance and automated financial transactions are core.”

The foundation said it is prioritizing connectivity with regulated finance over short-term promotional expansion. He added, “Trust is the most important thing in finance,” noting that “network stability, instant finality of payment settlement and the absence of operational downtime matter to both institutions and individuals.”