Custody

The government's first attempt to hold Bitcoin as a strategic asset reveals the gap between crypto's promise and institutional reality In March 2025, when President Trump signed Executive Order 14233 establishing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, the move carried historical weight t

The OCC approved eleven crypto firms for national trust bank charters in 83 days, including Coinbase with its $376 billion custody empire. While marketed as regulatory clarity, this creates a two-tier system with federal preemption advantages for approved custodians. The Decentra