▼Regulatory Perimeter for Crypto Hardens in EU and US

Score history

Daily conviction score, 0 to 100. Higher means the thesis is more strongly corroborated.

Now 96 · -2 since Oct 29 · ranged 96 to 98

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Why the conviction moved

• Oct 28
  Strengthened +3

  Treasury Secretary Bessent told Ripple's conference that regulators will build the crypto rules Congress did not pass. That shifts the US perimeter to agency rulemaking and charters, as the OCC's final approval of Ripple's trust bank shows, instead of statute.

• Oct 27
  Strengthened +2

  US federal stablecoin licensing rules are approaching, the OCC is granting charters such as Ripple's, and Canada and Japan are setting their own stablecoin reserve and distribution rules. Who may issue and hold stablecoin reserves is being set by charter and statute, not by exemption.

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Source trail

• Supporting · October 28, 2026

  Bessent Tells Ripple Conference That Regulators Will Build the Crypto Rules Congress Did Not Pass

  Treasury Secretary Bessent told Ripple's conference that regulators will build the crypto rules Congress did not pass. That shifts the US perimeter to agency rulemaking and charters, as the OCC's final approval of Ripple's trust bank shows, instead of statute.

  CoinDesk

• Supporting · October 27, 2026

  The OCC gives Ripple final approval for a national trust bank to hold RLUSD reserves and enterprise crypto custody

  US federal stablecoin licensing rules are approaching, the OCC is granting charters such as Ripple's, and Canada and Japan are setting their own stablecoin reserve and distribution rules. Who may issue and hold stablecoin reserves is being set by charter and statute, not by exemption.

  CoinDesk