By Neil Roland ( August 19, 2026, 21:06 GMT | Insight) -- The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will adopt by November a GENIUS Act rule implementing the stablecoin law for bank issuers, Comptroller Jonathan Gould said. Separately, since President Trump took office in January 2025, the regulator has received 40 applications for new bank charters, 23 of which involve some form of digital asset activity, he said. An OCC spokesperson said those digital-related charter applications are eight times the number filed during a much longer period: the four years of the Biden administration.The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will adopt by November a GENIUS Act rule implementing the stablecoin law for bank issuers, Comptroller Jonathan Gould said Wednesday....
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