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) RSS Feeds for Publishers For Reporters My Account Log In May 22, 2026 Senator Warren Challenges OCC Over Crypto Trust Charters Cooley LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact LinkedIn Facebook X Send Embed To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: This week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) challenging the agency’s granting of national trust charters to crypto companies “in apparent violation of the National Bank Act.” A

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