Coinbase says OCC converted its national trust charter into a formal charter
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Coinbase said its U.S. OCC trust charter has converted from conditional approval to a full charter.
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Coinbase has been officially granted a national trust charter by the U.S. OCC. Coinbase stated that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has converted its trust charter from conditional approval to a full charter. On April 2, 2026, Coinbase received conditional approval from the OCC to establish Coinbase National Trust Company. Coinbase previously said that the charter would be used to bring its custody and market infrastructure business under unified federal regulation and provide a foundation for new products such as payments; the company will not absorb retail deposits and will not engage in fractional-reserve banking. Coinbase, Inc. will continue to be regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), and its BitLicense and state trust charter will remain unchanged. Last month, Ripple also received a full trust charter from the OCC. The Independent Community Bankers of America...
Key points
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Coinbase stated that the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has converted its trust charter from conditional approval to a full charter.
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The original text states that on April 2, 2026, Coinbase received conditional approval from the OCC to establish Coinbase National Trust Company.
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Coinbase previously stated that the license is used to bring its custody and market infrastructure businesses under unified federal regulation, and to provide a foundation for new products such as payments.
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Coinbase stated that the company does not absorb retail deposits and does not engage in fractional reserve banking.
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The original text states that Coinbase, Inc. will continue to be regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), and its BitLicense and state trust charter will remain unchanged.
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The original text states that last month Ripple also obtained a formal trust charter from the OCC.
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This news report states that Coinbase's relevant trust license has changed from "conditional approval" to a "formal license." According to Coinbase's previous statements, this license serves products such as custody, market infrastructure, and payments, but does not mean it will take retail deposits or operate a fractional-reserve banking business. Its New York State regulatory arrangements are said to remain unchanged.
Why it matters to readers
Changes in license status bear on how what Coinbase calls its custody, market infrastructure, and payment products will be regulated, and also involve the coexistence of federal regulation with New York State's existing regulatory arrangements.
Beginners should distinguish between a trust charter and ordinary banking business: the original text explicitly states that Coinbase will not take retail deposits, nor engage in fractional reserve banking.
Risks and unknowns
The text is truncated, making it impossible to understand the full text and subsequent limiting information.
The evidence only relays Coinbase's statement and does not attach the OCC's formal approval document or Coinbase's original statement.
The scope of validity, specific business permissions, and restrictions of the formal license are not specified in the existing evidence.
The specific date and documentary basis for the statement that “Ripple also received a formal trust license from the OCC last month” were not provided.
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