
Crypto Seizes Federal Banking Charters in OCC Sprint
The OCC approved nine key charters in 90 days, with crypto infrastructure firms dominating the queue for trust bank charters, fundamentally reshaping
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The OCC approved nine key charters in 90 days, with crypto infrastructure firms dominating the queue for trust bank charters, fundamentally reshaping

In a major warning to the crypto industry, U.S. regulators returned Zerohash's bank charter application as 'materially deficient,' halting the process

Major US bank groups are fighting a new OCC rule demanding weekly, transactional-level reports on stablecoin activity, arguing the profound compliance

The OCC denied Bunq's application for a U.S. bank charter, citing its board's lack of experience in American regulation, an unconvincing business plan

Upstart cleared an OCC gate in 120 days, but Upstart Bank still needs FDIC and Fed approvals before its AI lending model faces the real test.

BPI wants regulators to stop defaulting to file transfers after agency breaches showed supervision data can become a cyber target.

Circle’s OCC win gives USDC a federally supervised custody stack—but not bank-deposit status.

Sony Bank won conditional OCC approval for a $40M U.S. trust bank, but its stablecoin can't launch until final approvals arrive.

Morgan Stanley Digital Trust cleared a key OCC hurdle, signaling Wall Street wants regulated control of crypto custody infrastructure.
Digital Chamber pushes back against Sen. Warren's challenge to OCC crypto trust-bank charter approvals for major firms including Coinbase and Circle.
Senator Warren demands transparency from OCC leadership over national trust charters allegedly exceeding legal activity boundaries.
Senator Elizabeth Warren seeks OCC records on potential Trump involvement in questionable crypto trust charter decisions.