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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Trump Has Made His Major Decisions on His Crypto Regulation Team, Now Also OCC
With picks at the banking agency and consumer watchdog, the field of major nominees is mostly complete, showing a deep roster of finance and federal know-how.
2 More U.S. Regulatory Dominos May Have Fallen for Crypto: OCC and CFPB
FDIC Acting Chairman Travis Hill said the agency is overhauling its crypto approach, just as U.S. senators examine regulators keeping banks out of crypto.
Figure Abandons Quest to be U.S. Chartered Crypto Bank After Three-Year Fight
Anchorage Digital stands alone as the only OCC-chartered crypto bank after other efforts have fizzled out or been withdrawn.
U.S. Banking Watchdog Makes Case for Tokenization, Just Not on Public Blockchains
OCC chief Michael Hsu – a crypto critic – argued asset tokenization is the future, but he said centralized efforts are the way ahead.
Acting OCC Chief Michael Hsu on Regulating Stablecoins After Terra ‘Contagion’
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu discusses his take on the rise and fall of Terra’s “hype-driven economy,” its “contagion” to Tether (USDT) and the broader crypto ecosystem, and why he doesn’t think he would regulate algorithmic stablecoins.
OCC Finds Anchorage Digital Failed to Maintain Proper AML Rules
Trust company Anchor Digital was cited recently by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for failing to properly incorporate an anti-money laundering procedure in 2021. CoinDesk Managing Editor for Global Policy and Regulation Nikhilesh De discusses how the firm will comply with the Bank Secrecy Act moving forward.
OCC Highlights Digital Assets in Risk Report for Banks
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published its Semiannual Risk Perspective report for fall 2021, outlining what the agency sees as the key and emerging risks for banks. CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De discusses the implications for crypto regulation.
Jack Dorsey Expected to Step Down as Twitter CEO, Democratic Senators Oppose Biden’s OCC Nominee Saule Omarova
CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De reacts to reports Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is expected to leave his position as head of Twitter. Separately, according to Axios, five Democratic senators expressed to the White House last week their opposition of Saule Omarova as Head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).