Why can US banks only hold crypto to pay for gas fees?

An unnamed national bank has asked the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for permission to hold crypto on its own balance sheet to support blockchain-based services. On Nov. 18, the OCC finally answered. In Interpretive Letter 1186, the agency confirmed that national banks may hold the native assets needed to pay blockchain “network The post Why can US banks only hold crypto to pay for gas fees? appeared first on CryptoSlate.