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Banks can now execute simultaneous crypto buy-sell transactions with minimal balance sheet exposure under new OCC guidance.

The policy shift follows earlier moves by FDIC and Federal Reserve to normalize crypto oversight within standard banking supervision.

Trump administration backs expanded bank participation in digital assets while critics warn of potential systemic risk transmission.

A US national bank regulator has confirmed that banks can act as intermediaries in “riskless principal” crypto transactions, positioning them closer to broker-style roles in the digital asset market.

In these deals, a bank buys crypto from one party and simultaneously sells it to another, holding little or no asset exposure on its own balance sheet except in limited cases. Related article:

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