OCC: Banks Can Buy and Sell Their Customers' Crypto Assets Held in Custody

The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which regulates national banks, has continued its about-face to earlier resistance to cryptocurrency in banking, issuing interpretive letters that say the institutions can — at their customers' behest — buy and sell crypto assets in custody.The newly explained policy stance released by the OCC on Wednesday also clarified that the bankers can outsource crypto activities to third parties, including custody and executive services source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/05/07/occ-banks-can-buy-and-sell-their-customers-crypto-assets-held-in-custody