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Major U.S. Banks Push OCC to Reject Trust Charter Applications from Coinbase, Ripple, Circle and Paxos
Leading U.S. banking trade groups have urged the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to deny national trust-bank charter applications from four major crypto firms. The Bank Policy Institute and Independent Community Bankers of America argue the charters would grant cryptocurrency platforms federal legitimacy without full banking supervision. Traditional banks contend the arrangement would create regulatory arbitrage and undermine existing oversight standards.
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Singapore's MAS warns of stretched tech and AI equity valuations in 2025 stability review
The Monetary Authority of Singapore released its annual Financial Stability Review on November 5, 2025, flagging elevated valuations in technology and artificial intelligence equity segments. The central bank warned that fading optimism about AI's profit potential could trigger sharp equity market corrections and increased defaults in private credit markets. The assessment follows a semiconductor sector selloff that erased approximately $500 billion in market value this week.
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Trump Administration Blocks Nvidia Blackwell Chip Export to China Hours Before Xi Summit
Senior U.S. officials blocked Nvidia from exporting advanced Blackwell AI chips to China on October 28, two days before President Trump's October 30 meeting with President Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick advised that the sale would strengthen China's AI infrastructure and harm U.S. strategic interests. Trump subsequently removed the chip issue from the summit agenda.
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