Circle Wins Final Federal Approval for National Trust Bank Charter

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The GENIUS Act is progressively tightening US stablecoin regulation, pushing issuers and exchanges toward federal licensing, compliance deadlines, and KYC requirements.

Circle received final federal regulatory approval to operate as a national trust bank, beginning with custody services. The charter grants Circle a concrete banking-grade institutional infrastructure status in the United States, separate from the stablecoin-issuer framework being defined under the GENIUS Act.

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Circle Wins Final Federal Approval for Its National Trust Bank, Starting With Custody - unchainedcrypto.com · news.google.com · T1
Circle wins licence for some US banking activities · ft.com · T1

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Circle secures final federal approval for national trust bank charter ahead of GENIUS Act deadline
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