Circle Secures Final OCC Approval for National Trust Bank Charter
By securing a full national trust charter from the OCC, Circle bridges the gap between public crypto markets and federal banking oversight.
Circle is a financial technology company best known for USDC, offering stablecoin infrastructure, wallets, payments, and blockchain-based money movement.
By securing a full national trust charter from the OCC, Circle bridges the gap between public crypto markets and federal banking oversight.
Hyundai Card has completed a live treasury remittance pilot between its global automotive divisions, demonstrating clear efficiency gains over legacy rails.
Adjusted stablecoin transaction volumes soared to a historic $1.79 trillion in June, surpassing previous bull market records and confirming that dollar-pegged tokens have decoupled from pure asset speculation.
A mega-consortium of legacy financial giants, payment processors, and tech leaders has unveiled Open USD, which is a collaborative digital dollar built to turn reserve yields back over to the businesses driving its adoption.
Cathie Wood’s fund capitalized on a heavy multi-week slide, aggressively accumulating $43.5 million worth of equity in premier infrastructure firms like Coinbase and Circle as Bitcoin hovers below the $60,000 threshold.
cirBTC aims to capture the massive pool of dormant Bitcoin liquidity currently sidelined from decentralized finance.
The world’s leading investment bank reshaped its digital asset playbook in Q1 2026. While trimming holdings in Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, Goldman Sachs completely walked away from altcoin funds to back pure-play crypto equities like Circle and Galaxy Digital.
Circle has raised $222 million from financial giants like BlackRock and Apollo to launch Arc, an institutional-grade blockchain aimed at becoming the operating system of the digital economy.
Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot has reached a $7 billion annualized run rate, prompting the payment giant to add support for Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo.
Investors have filed a class action lawsuit against Circle, alleging the firm failed to act swiftly to freeze stolen USDC following the $280 million Drift Protocol hack.