Ripple’s Epic Bank Heist… Almost! 😂💰

Ah, the grand farce of finance unfolds! Ripple Labs, that delightful den of digital dalliance, has flung wide the doors of its ambition with an application to birth a federally regulated trust bank, courtesy of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. One might say it’s the epitome of romantic folly in the age of cryptocurrency-turning cashless dreams into regulatory reality! 😏

This “Interagency Charter and Federal Deposit Insurance Application” chronicles Ripple’s trifling tale of conjuring the Ripple National Trust Bank beneath the vigilant gaze of U.S. banking lore. Filed under the venerable National Bank Act, it governs the arcane rites of forging such institutions, much like a poet crafting sonnets under the watchful eye of a censorious critic. 📜✨

The dossier, crammed with business blueprints, fiscal prophecies, and the mundane mechanics of operation, satisfies the appetites of both the OCC and the FDIC-those twin sentinels of solvency. Notwithstanding, Ripples must trumpet their intent in a local gazette, for all the world to gawk and gossip. Yet, the choicer tidbits, like the business plan, remain shrouded in secrecy, as if guarding a forbidden love affair from prying eyes. 🤫💡

October’s Murmured Whispers of Approval?

Rumors swirl like dandies at a salon that Ripple’s petition might be graced with approval ere the month wanes. Per the Comptroller’s Licensing Manual, the OCC endeavors to decree upon such charters within a mere 120 days, or swifter if expedited by divine favor. Ripple dispatched their missive on July 2, 2025, hence the curtain may rise on October’s delights. How deliciously predictable: bureaucracy’s ballet, pirouetting to the tune of deadlines! ⏳🎭

The OCC, in its wisdom-or is it mere caprice?-decrees that incomplete tomes shall not entice approval, demanding perfection at the outset, with nary a whisper of clarification beyond the organizing elite. As Oscar himself might quip, “Only mediocrity escapes criticism.” Thus, the application must dazzle unaided, lest it fade into oblivion. 🙄

Industry sages, not least the venerable Bill Morgan, foretell October as a tempest of crypto capers: etf delays and charter coronations jostling for the spotlight. Ah, the irony of timing-one might call it providential, or merely pompous happenstance! 🌪️😉

Who Joins This Whimsical Waltz?

In this merry chase for federal fondness, a parade of crypto magnates hastens to clasp national trust charters from the OCC’s bosom. Remember, dear reader, in the race for regulation, mediocrity is confounded-yet vanity prevails! 🏁🔥

Scarcely days ago, Coinbase sallied forth with a National Trust Company Charter, yearning for broader regulated realms. Meanwhile, Circle, mint of the USDC’s stable virtue, and Paxos, that blockchain bard, have whispered similar supplications in months past.

Alas, the missives of Coinbase, Circle, and Paxos languish unseen in public annals, suggesting they still languish in the gilded cage of review or the abyss of anticipation. Such is the plight of ambition: to petition and not conquer, at least not yet! 🚀😂

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2025-10-06 10:35