Circle gets OCC approval to become a national digital currency bank

The post EURC On-Chain Activity Hits All-Time High As MiCA Drives Euro Stablecoin Demand appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Circle’s EURC stablecoin just printed its busiest day on-chain in the asset’s four-year history. Both daily active addresses and new wallet creation exploded to record levels, according to the on-chain update from Santiment. The sudden burst of usage is not noise. It aligns with a structural shift as European exchanges, apps, and payment teams hunt for compliant alternatives under the continent’s new crypto rulebook. A Sudden Spike in Euro Coin Usage Active addresses and network growth are two of the bluntest tools for measuring real adoption. A simultaneous surge in both suggests fresh capital and new participants—not just existing holders shuffling tokens. EURC’s daily active addresses vaulted to an all-time high, and the number of new wallets entering the network did the same. That dual breakout rarely happens by accident. The timing is critical. For years, d

The post Circle Wins OCC Approval for Nationwide USDC Reserve Trust Bank appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Takeaways: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued its final approval of a national trust bank founded by Circle. Circle can hold its stablecoins on the Federal Reserve’s books from now on. In the Federal Charter, the provision is added to the legal regulation of stablecoins, which puts the stablecoin issuer under direct control of national banking regulators. Final pledges by the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency clear the way for Circle to launch a national trust bank. This is the stablecoin issuer’s lengthy process of evaluation completed. The approval places the firm in the category of a financial institution chartered by the federal government and makes it no longer a state-regulated money transmitter. Circle’s main business systems are going to be deployed in the federal banking system. At the time of writing, USDC is the second (by

The post Circle (CRCL) Wins Final OCC Approval For National Trust Bank appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Circle Internet Group secured final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today, to establish a national trust bank, a milestone that sent the stablecoin issuer’s shares higher and deepened its ties to the federal banking system. The regulator cleared Circle to charter First National Digital Currency Bank, N.A., which will operate under the name Circle National Trust.  The company, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CRCL, said the charter places the new entity under direct federal oversight by the OCC, the primary supervisor for national banks and national trust banks. Circle National Trust will provide fiduciary custody services for digital assets held by Circle and its affiliates. Under the business plan the OCC approved, the bank could extend custody services to a limited set of institutional customers, with a focus on banks

Circle wins OCC approval to launch Circle National Trust, bringing USDC custody and reserve operations under federal oversight. Circle has received final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The approval allows the company to form First National Digital Currency Bank, N.A. The bank will operate as Circle National Trust once […] The post Circle Wins OCC Approval to Launch First National Digital Currency Bank appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

The post Crypto Biz: USDT vs USDC Roles Diverge as Euro Stablecoins Grow Under MiCA appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Crypto’s infrastructure is starting to look a lot more like traditional finance. New data from Dune shows that the world’s stablecoin leaders — Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC — are no longer competing for the same users, with each now dominating a different corner of the market. Meanwhile, demand for MiCA-compliant euro stablecoins is accelerating, hinting that the stablecoin economy is slowly expanding beyond the US dollar. Elsewhere in Crypto Biz, Strategy reignited debate over its “never sell” philosophy after offloading more than $200 million in Bitcoin (BTC) to fund shareholder dividends, while Vanguard signaled that even Wall Street’s biggest crypto skeptics are embracing tokenization. USDT, USDC use cases diverge as stablecoins become chain-specific USDT has become crypto’s dominant payments stablecoin while USDC has cemented itself as DeFi’s preferred settle

The post NEC Signs MOU With Ava Labs to Build Face-Recognition AVAX Payments appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Avalanche News NEC has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ava Labs, the developer behind Avalanche (AVAX), to jointly explore next-generation on-chain services built on the network. Announced on July 10, 2026, the deal pairs NEC’s biometric technology with the Avalanche blockchain to prototype a digital payments platform that uses facial recognition to authorize stablecoin transactions. The company’s official disclosure frames the collaboration around decentralized identity and verifiable credentials (DID/VC), aiming to balance security with user convenience. It marks one of the more concrete enterprise commitments to Avalanche this year, targeting real-world settlement rather than speculative use cases. The accompanying white paper details an initial service aimed at inbound tourists visiting Japan. Under the design, a visitor would receive a digital ID before arriv

The post Circle Wins Final OCC Approval for National Trust Bank Backing USDC appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. USDC News Circle Internet Group has secured final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a federally chartered national trust bank, marking one of the most consequential regulatory milestones for USDC, the largest regulated dollar-pegged stablecoin. The new entity, formally named First National Digital Currency Bank, N.A., will operate under the brand Circle National Trust and fall directly under OCC supervision. The company’s official announcement describes the charter as embedding a core piece of its digital-asset infrastructure inside the U.S. banking system. It is the first national trust bank license granted to a major stablecoin issuer, elevating USDC-related operations from a patchwork of state licenses to unified federal oversight. Under the business plan the OCC approved, Circle National Trust will open with a single, na

The post Circle Stock Jumps as Stablecoin Issuer Wins Final Federal Banking Charter Approval appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief Circle secured final OCC approval to establish a national trust bank, shifting its $73.2 billion stablecoin to a unified federal framework. The milestone reflects a dramatic regulatory shift under the Trump administration that has cleared the way for several other firms. While Coinbase praised Circle’s news, the exchange also recently backed a major new rival stablecoin dubbed Open USD. Circle has received final approval to establish a national trust bank from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a move that’s set to shift the stablecoin issuer’s operations from a patchwork of state-by-state rules to a national framework. In an announcement on Friday, the company behind crypto’s second-largest stablecoin, USDC, described the OCC’s approval as a key regulatory milestone, expected to unlock new opportunities regarding safeguarding custo