Big News WLFI has received approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank! I looked into it—this license is super valuable, and only a handful of institutions have been approved before. ▌2021: Anchorage was the first to get approved (the earliest case) ▌2025: Circle, Ripple, BitGo, Paxos, and 5 other companies got approved in a wave ▌2026: Only a few institutions like Bridge, Coinbase, Protego, and WLFI were approved For WLFI, this approval means breaking free from reliance on third parties. It upgrades USD1 from a model dependent on third parties and state-level regulation to a federally regulated infrastructure with the ability to independently issue and manage stablecoins. WLFI now joins Circle, Ripple, BitGo, and Coinbase as the latest player in the industry to secure a federal trust license. #CryptoNews #Blockchain #Stablecoins