The rule would have prohibited US banks from denying services based on ideological factors.
Donald Trump may have been anti-crypto but his appointed regulators ushered in a largely industry-friendly regime.
Yellen succeeds Steven Mnuchin in running the U.S. government’s treasury. Here’s what she will oversee in the crypto world.
According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, President Joe Biden is set to nominate Michael Barr as the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Biden Administration May Tap Ex-Ripple Advisor for OCC Barr served as the Assistant...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting former Treasury official Michael Barr will replace Brian Brooks as Comptroller of the Currency.
Anchorage is set to become a digital bank. The crypto company has received approval for a charter from the OCC. Anchorage Becomes Digital Bank Anchorage has been granted conditional approval for a bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (...
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks will be stepping down on Jan. 14, he confirmed Wednesday.
The crypto industry has its first federally chartered bank: Anchorage.
“Money might be controlled by a handful of elites,” the departing bank regulator said at a Wednesday event. “Crypto is about freedom.”
Three interpretative letters from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency lay the groundwork for banks to become crypto custodians, payment companies and miners in blockchain networks.
The Acting OCC head will reportedly end his brief tenure running the federal banking regulator by the end of the week.
The latest OCC statement, which opens the door for banks to use blockchains to validate payments, hints at more than just better services.
ShapeShift, a popular crypto trading platfrom today announced that they are doing away with all kinds of KYC requirements on their platform starting today in an...
A new interpretive letter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency paves the way for stablecoins and public blockchains to be fully integrated in the financial infrastructure.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), the largest regulator of federal banks in the US on Monday published...
The price of bitcoin and native tokens for other stablecoin-supporting blockchains jumped after the OCC approved banks to use public blockchains.
Banks can act as nodes on a blockchain or conduct payments using stablecoins, the OCC said Monday.
Jeremy Allaire of Circle Pay and Kristin Smith of the Blockchain Association explain the impact of and motivation behind Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s proposed FinCEN rule that targets “unhosted” wallets. In this episode, they cover: what the new FinCEN rule says, and how it would impact unhosted or self-hosted wallets, as...
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