{"id":673820,"date":"2026-10-21T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/occ-finalizes-genius-act-rules-for-stablecoin-issuers-and-custody\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:53:00","slug":"occ-finalizes-genius-act-rules-for-stablecoin-issuers-and-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/occ-finalizes-genius-act-rules-for-stablecoin-issuers-and-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"OCC finalizes GENIUS Act rules for stablecoin issuers and custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/2026\/10\/01M5F4C8N1049F4P2ZC93PE5VK\/crypto-regulation-paper-rule-office-mica-eu-v2.jpg\" alt=\"OCC finalizes GENIUS Act rules for stablecoin issuers and custody \" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency\u2019s final rule covers payment stablecoin issuance and some custody activities, with the GENIUS Act framework taking effect in mid-January.<\/p>\n<p>The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency finalized rules Wednesday for payment stablecoin reserves, redemptions and related custody activities, implementing the GENIUS Act for entities under its jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/occ.gov\/news-issuances\/news-releases\/2026\/nr-occ-2026-92a.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">final rule<\/a> states issuers must maintain reserves worth at least as much as their outstanding stablecoins and generally process redemption requests within two business days.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/occ.gov\/news-issuances\/bulletins\/2026\/bulletin-2026-50.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">rule<\/a> applies to national banks, federal savings associations and federal branches and their subsidiaries, as well as nonbank firms that seek or receive federal qualified issuer status, according to the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.occ.treas.gov\/news-issuances\/news-releases\/2026\/nr-occ-2026-92.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a>. It also covers state-qualified issuers when the OCC has regulatory or enforcement authority over them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/occ-finalizes-genius-act-rules-stablecoin-issuers-custody\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency\u2019s final rule covers payment stablecoin issuance and some custody activities, with the GENIUS Act framework taking effect in mid-January. The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency finalized rules Wednesday for payment stablecoin reserves, redemptions and related custody activities, implementing the GENIUS Act for entities under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":673821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-673820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673820","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=673820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}