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The charter allows the exchange to operate a federally regulated trust company, strengthening its institutional custody and settlement offerings under national banking oversight. The move matters because it gives Coinbase a federal regulatory footing beyond its state-by-state money transmitter licenses, potentially easing compliance for large asset managers and other institutions holding crypto. It also extends a broader trend of crypto firms pursuing bank or trust charters to bridge traditional finance and digital assets. What to watch next is how quickly Coinbase scales trust-bank services and whether peers such as other major exchanges follow with their own federal charter applications.

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