Name: US bank regulator clears national banks to facilitate crypto transactions
Uploaded: 2025-12-18T18:00:00-05:00
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Description: Discover the role of the US bank regulator in facilitating crypto trades. OCC confirms national banks can intercede in customer transactions.

December 18, 2025

US bank regulator clears national banks to facilitate crypto transactions

EditorCrypto CoinTelegraph, Nate Kostar

The guidance confirms that facilitating customer crypto trades falls within the “business of banking,” expanding the range of activities that national banks may offer under existing law. The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has affirmed that national banks can intermediate cryptocurrency trades as riskless principals without holding […]