Catenaa, Sunday, February 22, 2026- Bridge, a stablecoin platform acquired by Stripe, received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to pursue a federally chartered national bank status, enabling it to custody crypto, issue stablecoins, and manage reserves under federal oversight.
If finalized, the charter would allow Bridge to support enterprises, fintech firms, crypto businesses, and financial institutions in building digital dollar solutions within a regulated framework.
The platform said its compliance systems are designed to align with the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, or GENIUS, signed into law last year by President Donald Trump.
Federal regulators are currently developing rules to implement the legislation.
Bridge joins a growing group of crypto firms seeking federal regulation, including Ripple, Circle, BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets, and Paxos, all of which received conditional OCC approval in December 2025.
Anchorage Digital Bank remains the only crypto firm to hold a national trust charter, awarded in 2021.
The move reflects a broader trend of U.S. regulators offering clearer guidance to digital asset firms under a crypto-friendly presidential administration.
Bridge emphasized that a national trust bank charter will give customers a regulatory backbone to confidently scale stablecoin usage while remaining compliant.
The conditional approval positions Stripe’s Bridge to expand federally regulated stablecoin operations and provide financial institutions with a secure framework for digital dollar adoption.
