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US Banking Watchdog Greenlights Crypto Services—Banks Can Now Hold Your Bitcoin (And Your Bag)
US Banking Watchdog Greenlights Crypto Services—Banks Can Now Hold Your Bitcoin (And Your Bag)
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Federal regulators just handed Wall Street a skeleton key to the crypto vault. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) quietly shredded the last bureaucratic roadblock—national banks can now custody digital assets. No more third-party dance with sketchy offshore exchanges.
The fine print they hope you’ll ignore:
This isn’t your grandma’s FDIC insurance. That ’secure’ bank vault for your Bitcoin? Still backed by the same geniuses who brought you 2008. Expect custody fees to magically triple by Q3.
The real play:
JPMorgan’s blockchain team is already sprinting toward the finish line. Watch every too-big-to-fail bank suddenly ’discover’ their passion for decentralized finance—right after they finish centralizing it.
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