{"id":594254,"date":"2026-05-05T06:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=811392"},"modified":"2026-05-05T06:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:30:19","slug":"from-rebels-to-banks-why-the-crypto-industry-is-finally-embracing-legacy-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/from-rebels-to-banks-why-the-crypto-industry-is-finally-embracing-legacy-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"From Rebels to Banks: Why the Crypto Industry Is Finally Embracing Legacy Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mahalo-2026-05-03t162148-365-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"From Rebels to Banks: Why the Crypto Industry is Finally Embracing Legacy Finance\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Spencer Bogart, general partner at Blockchain Capital, noted that while years ago fintech companies aimed to be bank-like but not banks, this trend has now reversed, with over 20 companies pursuing Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) charters in 2026. Key Takeaways: Blockchain Capital\u2019s Spencer Bogart notes over 20 crypto firms now seek [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Bogart, general partner at Blockchain Capital, noted that while years ago fintech companies aimed to be bank-like but not banks, this trend has now reversed, with over 20 companies pursuing Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) charters in 2026. Key Takeaways: Blockchain Capital\u2019s Spencer Bogart notes over 20 crypto firms now seek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":594255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-594254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}