- Laser Digital, a Switzerland-based unit of Nomura, filed for a U.S. national trust bank charter.
- The proposed Laser Digital National Trust Bank would offer digital-asset custody and spot trading under OCC oversight.
- The move is part of a wider surge in crypto firms seeking OCC charters after the passage of the GENIUS Act.
- Stablecoin issuers such as Circle, Ripple, BitGo, and Paxos have already won OCC national trust charters.
- Other large firms including Coinbase, Sony, Stripe, and the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial have applied or sought charters recently.
On Tuesday evening, Laser Digital, a Switzerland-based subsidiary of Japan’s investment bank Nomura, filed an application with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to form a national trust bank named Laser Digital National Trust Bank. The firm said the bank would focus on digital assets and provide custody and spot trading services under U.S. regulatory oversight.
“Institutional digital asset markets are entering a new phase defined by scale, regulation, and durability,” said Steve Ashley, Laser Digital’s chairman and the proposed chairman of the bank. “The U.S. is the most important financial market globally, and we believe the next chapter of digital finance will be written by firms that are prepared to operate at that level of scrutiny and permanence,” he added.
The filing joins a wave of crypto and stablecoin firms pursuing OCC charters after a more permissive regulatory posture following last summer’s GENIUS Act. Stablecoin issuers including Circle, Ripple, BitGo, and Paxos have received OCC national trust banking charters in recent months.
Other major players have sought charters or announced applications, such as Coinbase, Sony, and payments processor Stripe. A separate trust bank backed by Peter Thiel and the co‑founders of Palantir also gained a charter, and the Trump family’s crypto platform World Liberty Financial applied for an OCC bank charter this month.
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