Crypto.com Applies for OCC National Trust Bank Charter to Expand U.S. Institutional Custody

Crypto.com has applied to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national trust bank charter, a step it says would expand its federally supervised crypto-custody services for institutions. In Friday’s announcement, the exchange framed the filing as an extension of its regulated, security-first push for large customers — ETF sponsors, corporates and advisers — focused on custody and staking-adjacent trust services across multiple blockchains. The company did not provide a review tim ...