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May 7, 2025

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OCC Confirms National Banks May Execute and Settle Digital Asset Trades

On May 7, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published Interpretive Letter 1184 (“IL 1184”), which confirms that national banks may
execute and settle digital asset trades on behalf of their customers, so long as the bank acts in an agency capacity and the activity is conducted in a safe and
sound manner.
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March 10, 2023

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U.S. Federal Banking Regulators Release Joint Statement on ‘Liquidity Risks to Banking Organizations Resulting from Crypto-Asset Market Vulnerabilities’

On February 23, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency (collectively, the “agencies”) issued their second joint statement of the year regarding crypto-asset market vulnerabilities. In this more recent
joint statement, the agencies have drawn their attention to the liquidity risks created by funding from crypto-asset-related entities, and the meth...Read more
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January 31, 2023

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U.S. Federal Banking Regulators Release Joint Statement on ‘Crypto-Asset Risks to Banking Organizations’

On January 3, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency issued a joint statement on crypto-asset risks to banking organizations.
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April 28, 2022

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OCC Enters Into a Consent Order With the First Federally-Chartered Digital Asset Bank

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently entered into a consent order with the first federally-chartered digital asset bank, Anchorage
Digital Bank (Anchorage Digital), for “fail[ing] to adopt and implement a compliance program that adequately covers the required Bank Secrecy
Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) program elements.”
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