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Bitcoin Price Prediction: Custodia’s New Move, CFTC & Crypto Oversight
8.11.2023
In the fluid realm of digital currencies, Bitcoin‘s valuation has taken a modest uptick, registering a 1.20% climb to reach $35,365 on Wednesday. Amidst this nuanced shift in market dynamics, notable developments have surfaced. Custodia Bank, spearheaded by the astute Caitlin Long,...
Custodia Bank Launches Bitcoin Custody Service for Businesses
7.11.2023
Source: Pexels Custodia Bank, a crypto-friendly bank, announced that it has officially launched its Bitcoin custody platform to customers in select U.S. states. On November 7, Custodia Bank, formerly known as Avanti Financial Group, announced on X (formerly Twitter) that they have now launched...
Caitlin Long’s Custodia Bank launches Bitcoin custody platform
7.11.2023
Custodia Bank’s launch of Bitcoin custody follows a series of regulatory challenges the firm faced earlier this year
Custodia Bank Goes Live: Bridging Digital Assets With US Dollar Payments
12.8.2023
Custodia Bank, the financial institution that aims to bridge digital assets with the U.S. dollar payment system, is now live. Last month, Custodia started serving external business customers in select U.S. states, offering U.S. dollar deposits and government money market fund services, with bitcoin...
Custodia Bank Founder Caitlin Long: ‘The Fed Thinks Only Large Incumbents Should Service Crypto’
22.6.2023
Caitlin Long, the founder of Custodia Bank, has railed against the favoritism that the Federal Reserve and the institutions of the U.S. financial system are supposedly showing to incumbents. According to Long, regulators have applied double standards when permitting established financial...
Custodia's Suit Against Fed Over Denial of Master Account Can Proceed, Court Rules
10.6.2023
Custodia's challenge of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's decision to deny the crypto-friendly bank access to the Fed banking services can continue, a U.S. district court ruled Thursday, rejecting a Fed motion to dismiss the case. The U.S. District Court of Wyoming, however, did reject...
US court rejects Fed's motion to dismiss Custodia Bank case
9.6.2023
Digital asset bank Custodia sued the Fed in June 2022, claiming an “unlawful delay” in processing an application for its master account
Operation Choke Point 2.0 Is SEC's 'Chemotherapy' for $14B Ponzi Problem, BCB's CEO Says
28.4.2023
What happened to Custodia Bank is "tragic" under current administration's efforts to de-bank crypto industry, BCB's Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie said
Wyoming defends crypto-friendly bank charter regime in Custodia Bank's lawsuit with Fed
11.4.2023
“The State of Wyoming believes that this changes the tenor of the suit and in turn questions the legitimacy and viability of the State’s statutory framework," said AG Bridget Hill
Wyoming Defends ‘Legitimacy’ of Its Crypto Charter Framework in Custodia Lawsuit
11.4.2023
The state of Wyoming is taking umbrage at the Federal Reserve Board’s insinuations that its regulatory framework for special purpose depository institutions (SPDIs) – state-chartered banks that can handle digital assets – are not up to snuff
South African Professor Accuses US Regulators of Attempting to ‘Assassinate Crypto’
6.4.2023
The United States’ attempts to “assassinate crypto” are illegal and unlikely to succeed because “crypto is global,” Steven Boykey Sidley, a South African professor and author, has argued. According to Sidley, many formerly U.S.-based companies and innovators have...
A Look at the Fed’s Recent Custodia Bank Denial and the Central Bank’s Push Back Against Narrow Banking
27.3.2023
Over the past century, the number of American banks has significantly decreased, dropping from 30,000 banks in 1921 to 4,997 U.S. banks in 2021, according to data from the Federal Reserve. Recently, the U.S. central bank denied Custodia Bank of Wyoming, a financial institution that holds $1.08...
Custodia Bank's membership denied for ties with crypto markets, says US Fed
25.3.2023
The United States Federal Reserve released an 86-page report on March 24 detailing the reasons for denying Custodia Bank's application for membership
Federal Reserve Says Custodia’s Crypto-Focused Business Model Is ‘Inconsistent’ With Approval
24.3.2023
The Federal Reserve Board argued that Custodia Bank’s proposed business model was “inconsistent” with approval in an order explaining its denial of the Wyoming-based crypto bank’s application for membership
Flagstar Bank Acquires Signature Bank’s Assets and Branches, Excluding Cryptocurrency Operations
20.3.2023
On Monday, about a week after the collapse of Signature Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that Flagstar Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp, acquired 40 former branches of Signature and its assets. Flagstar assumed nearly all...
US Fed to create new crypto team amid concerns about unregulated stablecoins
10.3.2023
The Fed’s Vice Chair for Supervision emphasized that they do not want to curb innovation, but ensure that regulations protect households and the financial system
What Now for Crypto Banking?
3.3.2023
Regulators are leery of traditional banks offering services to crypto companies, and wary of specialist crypto banks, like Custodia, with new business models. Frances Coppola asks: Where do we go from here?
Today in Crypto: US Fed Denies Custodia Bank’s Membership Request, Dapper Labs Lays Off 20% of Staff, Block Reports $1.66BN Profit for Q4, Binance Finds 500 ‘Incorrectly Classed’ Aussie Users
24.2.2023
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US Federal Reserve denies Custodia Bank's request for Fed supervision
24.2.2023
The Federal Reserve Board has denied the request from crypto-focused Custodia Bank to reconsider its membership to the Federal Reserve System
Crypto Bank Custodia's Bid for Fed Supervision Rejected Again
23.2.2023
The Federal Reserve Board announced Thursday it had again rejected crypto bank Custodia's bid for Fed supervision