Morning Edition · Sunday, August 16, 2026Published at 1:37 AM EDT · New York
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's preliminary approval would let World Liberty issue and redeem its $4.02 billion USD1 token in-house, taking that role from BitGo.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the United States regulator that charters national banks, granted preliminary conditional approval on Friday for a national trust charter to World Liberty Trust Company, an entity tied to…
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