Circle's open-source kits could accelerate AI-driven financial transactions, fostering innovation and integration of digital currencies in AI.
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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 […]
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Rising AI demand boosts AMD's market potential, enhancing decentralized compute networks and challenging Nvidia's dominance.
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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
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Taking a closer look at skincare’s next chapter. As AI reshapes beauty marketing, consumers are looking beyond the promise and closer at the proof behind every formulation. LYMA / Finn Partners Luxury beauty has always understood the power of a compelling story. For decades, the industry has sold aspiration as successfully as it has sold skincare. Beautiful campaigns, celebrity ambassadors and exquisite packaging have built some of the world’s most valuable brands. Consumers weren’t simply buying a cream or a serum. They were buying confidence, possibility and, perhaps most importantly, the promise of becoming a better version of themselves. Today, however, one of the most significant shifts in beauty isn’t happening in front of the camera. It’s happening behind the laboratory door. That shift explains why one of this year’s most interesting skincare launches te
This week data and AI evangelist Christina Stathopoulos returned for a solo news briefing. Instead of exploring one or two topics in depth, Christina sorted the week’s headlines into a handful of threads: advances in physical hardware to keep up with AI demand, the widening reach of government oversight into frontier model companies, and a […]
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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
