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US Banking Regulator Greenlights Crypto Custody at Federally Chartered Banks

Per a July 22 announcement shared with Cryptox, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is granting permission to federally chartered banks to custody cryptocurrency.The future of banking with crypto on boardThis issue has seen much skepticism, given that crypto wallets do not resemble the custody requirements of

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FINRA Greenlights Grayscale’s Bid to Launch Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash Trusts

Grayscale, a leading cryptocurrency asset management firm with $4 billion assets under management, has received approval from the United States Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to launch its Bitcoin Cash Trust and Litecoin Trust and make the shares available for public trading on over-the-counter (OTC) markets, according to a press

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CFTC Greenlights Bitnomial to Offer Bitcoin (BTC) Derivatives

Bitnomial Exchange, a Chicago-based Bitcoin derivatives platform, recently gained approval from the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to offer traders physically-delivered bitcoin derivatives contracts and options trading. Bitnomial Set to Roll Out Bitcoin Derivatives The bitcoin derivatives exchange announced the approval via a press release on Monday (April 20, 2020). With

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New York Regulator Greenlights Paxos to Launch Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency

Linda A. Lacewell, Superintendent of Financial Services, confirmed that New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has allowed Paxos Trust Company LLC to offer a gold-backed virtual currency.This will be the first such virtual currency due to be authorized by NYDFS that will be backed by the gold and

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