Jonathan Gould, nominated to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), used his March 2025 Senate confirmation hearing to commit to reversing regulatory guidance that had discouraged banks from serving crypto firms, signaling a shift toward greater financial inclusion for the digital asset industry.

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The OCC has been a significant player in the digital assets sector's campaign against U.S. banking oversight that's pressured banks to keep the industry at an arm's length. Crypto firms and insiders have struggled to maintain banking relationships and have argued that the regulators authored that "debanking" strain.

The first question to Gould was on that situation, with Scott asking whether he’d commit to reversing that previous stance, to which Gould responded, ‘absolutely.’