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Wise’s US Trust Bank Bid Under the GENIUS Act: What to Know About the Compliance Challenges

On July 24, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) denied Wise’s application for a US national trust bank charter, citing unresolved compliance deficiencies. Wise shares fell sharply on the news.

Latvia’s MiCA Licensing Surge: What’s Driving It?

We have recently written extensively about payments and compliance for tokenized US stocks. It has been a while since we returned to our core area of expertise: crypto licensing.

From PayPal to OpenUSD: How Payment Companies Are Reshaping Stablecoins

In the first two pieces of this payments series, CryptoLicense looked at card networks and banks. Card networks are changing the settlement layer: Visa is using USDC for settlement, and Mastercard spent USD 1.8 billion to acquire BVNK as a bridge.

On-Chain US Stocks Are Taking Off: 10 Compliance Issues You Need to Know

The market is heating up, but the models differ sharply. Binance is using the FSRA prospectus route in Abu Dhabi. Bitget relies on Alpaca as broker and custodian for the underlying shares,

Which Layer of Crypto Payments Belongs to Banks? 4 Operational Blueprints from Lead Bank to Revolut

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In the previous piece, the CryptoLicense team looked at how Visa and Mastercard are connecting to stablecoins: the card networks are changing the settlement layer by embedding on-chain capabilities into existing payment networks.

How Payment Networks Are Adapting to Stablecoins: Visa’s Quiet Pivot and Mastercard’s $1.8 Billion Bet

Recently, the CryptoLicense team attended Money 20/20 in Bangkok. The shift in conversation was unmistakable: crypto payments had become one of the dominant topics, drawing more interest than we had anticipated.

Bhutan’s GMC Crypto License: A Practical Guide to the FSP Application Process

When most people think about crypto-friendly jurisdictions, Singapore and Dubai come to mind first. But a smaller, less obvious name has been quietly entering the conversation this year: Bhutan.

Bhutan’s GMC: The Emerging Crypto Jurisdiction Quietly Gaining Ground

When most people think about crypto-friendly jurisdictions, Singapore and Dubai come to mind first. But a smaller, less obvious name has been quietly entering the conversation this year: Bhutan.

The MiCA Fast Track: Why Crypto Giants like OKX and BVNK are Anchoring in Malta

In our previous blog posts, we have discussed various popular cryptocurrency licenses including MiCA CASP, the Swiss SRO, Abu Dhabi’s ADGM, and the evolving Polish VASP framework.

Mapping Your Crypto Future: A Strategic Comparison of 6 Popular Global Licenses

At CryptoLicense, the most frequent inquiry we field is a deceptively simple one: “Which crypto license should I apply for?”
Our response is always a series of follow-up questions: Where are your users? Is your business model an exchange, a wallet, or a custody service? Where is your core team based?