US OCC terminates 2022 order targeting Anchorage Digital over AML

The financial regulator said the bank’s “compliance with laws and regulations does not require the continued existence of the order,” first issued in April 2022.

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said it had issued an order terminating a consent order made against cryptocurrency custody bank Anchorage Digital in 2022.

In a Thursday notice, the OCC said it had dropped the order “to assure the safety and soundness” of Anchorage. The financial regulator’s April 2022 order was based on Anchorage’s “failure to adopt and implement a compliance program” in accordance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards. However, the OCC said the bank’s “compliance with laws and regulations does not require the continued existence of the order.”

“[W]e received—and have now resolved—feedback from regulators as we set the standard for federally-chartered custody of digital assets,” said Anchorage co-founder and CEO Nathan McCauley in a Thursday blog post, adding:

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