🏦 Banks Can Now Officially Broker Your Crypto Trades – OCC Just Opened the Floodgates!

Imagine walking into your national bank and saying "buy some $BTC for me" – without them batting an eye. That's the new reality after the OCC's latest interpretive letter, confirming banks can intermediate crypto trades as riskless principals.

The Simple Genius  

— No balance sheet bloat: Bank buys crypto from Customer A, instantly sells to Customer B. Boom, done.  

— It's all "business of banking" under existing law (shoutout 12 U.S.C. § 24).  

— Non-security tokens? Fair game. Securities? Already greenlit.  

OCC head Jonathan Gould nailed it: "No justification for considering digital assets differently" – banks have handled electronic custody forever. This flips the script from Biden-era "Choke Point 2.0" crackdowns to full-on embrace under Trump.

For crypto users, it means trusted banks competing with DEXes and shady brokers. Deeper liquidity, less risk, more adoption. Trump's pro-crypto push is delivering – expect your local branch to start offering $ETH swaps soon.

Who's excited to see banks turn into crypto hubs? Or still team DEX forever?  

Not financial advice – the TradFi-Crypto bridge is building itself!  

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