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Crypto Startup Avanti Receives License To Operate as National Bank in Wyoming

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Crypto Startup Avanti Receives License To Operate as National Bank in Wyoming


Crypto startup Avanti Financial Group has been granted a license to offer banking services by the Wyoming State Banking Board.


The license, or bank charter, means Avanti can now operate as a conventional bank – but one with a twist, capable of holding both crypto and dollars. It plans to launch in 2021.


According to a statementpublished Oct. 28, the firm will also now be able to take custody of crypto assets like bitcoin while its plan for the creation of Avit, a tokenized US dollar, has been given the go ahead.


The company’s application for a bank charter was accepted in July, reports The Block. Avanti is the second crypto firm to become a bank after Kraken Financial, a unit of U.S. crypto exchange Kraken.


Avanti founder and chief executive officer, Caitlin Long, said “currently the only type of U.S. financial institution that can provide final and simultaneous settlement of trades between digital assets and the U.S. dollar is a Wyoming special purpose depository institution like Avanti.”


Avanti plans to issue Avit initially on both Liquid – a sidechain of the Bitcoin blockchain – and Ethereum. The company claims its tokenized U.S. dollar is “designed to solve the legal, accounting and tax issues of stablecoins.”


As a bank, Avanti will be required to fully comply with the Bank Secrecy Act, anti-money laundering and OFAC-related laws, rules and regulations.


What do you think about Avanti gaining a bank charter? Let us know in the comments section below. Paypal"s Crypto Embrace: Morgan Stanley Says Move Boon for Mass Adoption, Critics Say Payment Giant Violates Crypto Principles FINTECH | 7 days ago Nigerian Crypto Startup Yellow Card Raises $1.5 Million For Expansion in Africa FINTECH | Aug 30, 2020 Tags in this story anti-money laundering, Avanti Financial Group, Avit, Bank Secrecy Act, Caitlin Long, Crypto-Bank, Kraken Financial, Wyoming State Banking Board


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