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Anchorage gets OCC's first national charter to a crypto bank
13.1.2021
With Acting Comptroller Brooks on his way out the door, the OCC has given its first digital bank charter
Anchorage Becomes First OCC-Approved National Crypto Bank
13.1.2021
The crypto industry has its first federally chartered bank: Anchorage
'World's First' Physical Crypto Banking Branch Opened in India + More News
30.12.2020
The "world's first physical crypto banking branch" in Jaipur, India. Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Indian crypto bank opens physical location, eyes 100 branches by 2022
30.12.2020
India is now home to the world’s first physical crypto bank branch despite regulatory uncertainty surrounding virtual currencies in the country
Physical Crypto Bank Opens in India — These 14 Locations Offer In-Person Banking, Lending, Crypto Exchange
30.12.2020
A crypto bank has begun opening physical branches in India through a joint venture between Cashaa and United Multistate co-op society. Customers can open bank accounts, buy and sell cryptocurrencies, obtain crypto-backed loans, as well as learn about crypto. Crypto Bank Opens Physical Branches...
Lending Platform Vauld Raises $2M to Grow Into a Full Crypto Bank
28.12.2020
Vauld, formerly called Bank of Hodlers, raised $2 million in a round led by Pantera Capital to expand its crypto banking platform
MinePlex Creates CrossFi Crypto Bank by Combining Traditional Finances With Blockchain
24.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. The MinePlex platform announces the creation of a new mobile crypto bank for CrossFi industry that aims to combine the traditional financial instruments with blockchain technologies. The mobile crypto bank is supplied with the functionality that allows using cryptocurrencies...
Swiss Crypto Bank SEBA Raises $22.5M to Fuel Growth
23.12.2020
The Swiss firm plans to expand into the Middle East and Asia and offer services for U.S. institutional clients
Crypto banks are the sector’s game-changers
17.12.2020
Crypto banks offer an integrated solution that is connected to the traditional financial world — which, most importantly, is compliant with regulations
Swiss crypto bank Sygnum tokenizes shares and prepares for public offering
14.12.2020
Sygnum claims it is the first bank in the world to tokenize its shares
Crypto Bank Sygnum Tokenizes Shares, Eyes Public Offering
14.12.2020
The regulated Swiss firm is now eyeing a dual listing of shares in Switzerland and Singapore in partnership with the SIX Digital Exchange
The Bitcoin Banking Battle Heats Up
12.12.2020
Banks are moving into crypto and crypto companies are trying to become banks, so how does it all play out?
SDX Chief Gets Philosophical About Crypto’s Swiss-Singapore Connection
11.12.2020
The crypto corridor connecting Switzerland and Singapore is firming up, involving many of the usual suspects in banking, custody and trading
Paxos seeks approval to become fully-regulated crypto bank
10.12.2020
The stablecoin issuer and PayPal partner wants to increase its range and scope of services by becoming the first crypto services provider to be regulated at both state and federal levels
South Korea’s Banking Giant to Co-create ‘Crypto Bank’ for Exchanges
26.11.2020
South Korean banks are rapidly stepping up their crypto game, with Kookmin (KB), one of the biggest commercial banks in the country, co-creating a “digital asset management company” with a number of the nation’s leading blockchain players that will safeguard the bitcoin (BTC) holdings of corporate...
Licensed Swiss Crypto Bank Launches Tezos Trading and Staking
6.11.2020
Sygnum Bank now offers trading and staking of Tezos, its first listing of a proof-of-stake cryptocurrency
Crypto Startup Avanti Receives License To Operate as National Bank in Wyoming
30.10.2020
Crypto startup Avanti Financial Group has been granted a license to offer banking services by the Wyoming State Banking Board. The license, or bank charter, means Avanti can now operate as a conventional bank – but one with a twist, capable of holding both crypto and dollars. It plans...
Avanti Financial Joins Kraken as a Wyoming-Approved Crypto Bank
28.10.2020
Blockchain pioneer Caitlin Long is now the CEO of her own special purpose depository institution (SPDI) in Wyoming
22 Indian Bank Branches to Begin Offering Crypto Banking Services
28.10.2020
An Indian bank is preparing to start providing crypto banking services at its physical bank branches. Customers can buy bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies at these branches with Indian rupees, open savings accounts with crypto wallets, make loans against their cryptocurrencies, and more....
India Will Soon Have Crypto ‘Banking’ at 22 Physical Locations
27.10.2020
Cashaa is teaming with a credit cooperative society to provide cryptocurrency financial services at 22 branches in the north of India