LexRegPulse Daily - Sep 21, 2026
Alex here. This is LexRegPulse Daily for Monday, September 21.
The OCC just granted three more national trust charters to crypto infrastructure firms — Bastion, Catena, and Agora. That keeps the trust-charter count climbing, and it's today's lead because it changes who your bank might be onboarding as a client.
Here's what "conditional" actually means. These approvals are preliminary and revocable. Each charter carries a leverage floor set case by case, plus a requirement that the company get OCC sign-off before deviating from its business plan or naming senior officers. None of this makes…
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