Bridge, a stablecoin firm acquired by Stripe, has applied for a national bank trust charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), according to co-founder Zach Abrams.
This move expands the list of companies seeking chartering under the Genius Act, a federal regulatory framework for stablecoins established in June. Other crypto-native firms, including Coinbase, Circle, Ripple, and Paxos, have also applied for an OCC charter this year.
A trust charter would not allow Bridge to lend or take insured deposits, unlike a traditional bank charter.
Autor's resume: Stripe's Bridge applies for a national trust charter.