Circle, Ripple, and Kraken's pursuit of banking charters marks a turning point in crypto’s integration with the US financial ...

In particular, Circle says, its First National Digital Currency Bank will complement regulatory oversight of the company’s USDC Reserve. USDC, Circle’s stablecoin, was launched in September 2018 and ...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency gave conditional approval for five national trust bank charter applications, ...

Digital asset infrastructure firms Ripple and Circle have received conditional approval for its application to establish a ...

The OCC just provided conditional approval to a broad swath of five different companies that adds diveristy and depth to ...

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has opened the doors of the federal banking system to a new wave of ...

The firms have obtained conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to convert into national ...

Five firms in all received conditional approval from the regulator, though Coinbase and Stripe’s Bridge were not among them.

On December 12, 2025, Ripple, Circle, and BitGo achieved a significant milestone by obtaining conditional approval for U.S.

OCC grants conditional approval to Ripple, Fidelity, BitGo, Paxos, and Circle for national trust bank charters in major ...

US banking regulator OCC conditionally approved national trust bank charters for Ripple, BitGo, Circle, Fidelity Digital ...

In a major Ripple news, the crypto firm alongside some other firms has been granted a conditional approval to operate as a national bank.