US Regulator Approves Trump-Backed World Liberty as a Stablecoin Issuer

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• The OCC conditionally approved a national trust bank charter for World Liberty Financial, letting it issue USD1 directly and hold the dollar reserves itself rather than relying on BitGo. USD1 has reached about $4B in market value, and final approval requires at least $20M of capital.

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