The Massachusetts lawmaker asked the US Comptroller of the Currency to provide all communications between the agency and Donald Trump potentially related to the charter approvals.
DTCC expands ETF clearing as NSCC, DTC and OCC connect to support centrally cleared shares tied to listed options. DTCC has expanded ETF post-trade services as NSCC and DTC add central clearing support for ETF shares with listed options. The new framework connects with OCC, which clears the options components, while NSCC and DTC process […]
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a formal letter to OCC Comptroller Jonathan Gould on May 18, 2026, accusing the agency of illegally granting national trust charters to at least nine crypto companies and demanding full records by June 1. Warren Targets OCC Over Crypto Bank Charters That Allegedly Bypass Federal Safeguards Elizabeth Warren, the ranking member […]
Senator Elizabeth Warren is taking a new aim at the crypto industry, now challenging how the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has handled national trust bank charters for digital asset firms. Her latest concern centers on the OCC’s approvals—some granted on a conditional basis over recent months—at a time when the conventional […]
A law requiring social networks to quickly remove sexual deepfakes and other nonconsensual imagery is now fully in force. But experts warn the policy could do little to help victims - and at worst could facilitate censorship online.
Last May, President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act, a law addressing nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII). The law immediately criminalized distributing NCII, whether in the form of real or AI-generated material, something many states at least partially do already. But its namesake takedown provision is more sweeping. Taking effect a year after the law's passage - on May 19th of 2026 - it requires on …
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Senator Warren questions OCC crypto trust charters’ legality under National Bank Act. Senator Elizabeth Warren has accused the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) of potentially violating the National Bank Act by greenlighting a wave of national trust…
The pope’s encyclical will address ‘the protection of the human person in the age of AI’, the Vatican says
In the first major text of his papacy, Pope Leo will address the rapid rise of artificial intelligence.
The Chicago-born pontiff will present the document, known as an encyclical, at the Vatican next week during an event attended by Christopher Olah, the co-founder of Anthropic – a US-based AI firm that has clashed with Donald Trump’s administration.
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Rising fuel costs from military actions strain American households, highlighting the economic vulnerability tied to geopolitical conflicts.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and his family have further expanded their indirect exposure to the cryptocurrency sector. New financial disclosures reveal increased investments tied to major crypto-linked equities, including Coinbase Global and Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy). These shares were acquired in the first quarter of 2026, according to a financial disclosure submitted to the US Office of Government Ethics (OGE). The OGE Form 278-T was released to the public this week. It revealed thousands of stock trades made in the names of Trump and his family so far this year. This filing covers the collective assets and investments of the President, First Lady Melania Trump, and their dependent children. The relevant authorities conducting the investigation found that the president’s children control the family’s assets. Trump family’s major investments in key crypto firms h
