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https://www.blockchainlegalresource.com/2020/09/the-first-cryptocurrency-bank/
he cryptocurrency exchange Kraken Financial became the first crypto company to obtain a bank charter. The Wyoming Division of Banking approved Kraken’s application for a special-purpose depository institution (SPDI) charter, which is a new type of bank charter that Wyoming specifically designed for crypto businesses. This makes Kraken the first de novo bank chartered in the state since 2006.
The SPDI is not a typical bank charter, but does allow an institution to receive deposits and conduct a range of other traditional banking activities, including fiduciary asset management, custody and related activities.
https://www.blockchainlegalresource.com/2020/09/the-first-cryptocurrency-bank/
Wyoming recently awarded its second special-purpose depository institution (SPDI) charter to Avanti Bank. Kraken was the first institution to receive the newly created SPDI charter in September. As Wyoming had likely hoped when it passed a flurry of blockchain legislation, it appears that it is starting to take hold as a digital-asset-friendly banking state. The state has now chartered two new banks in less than two months; before September, the last newly chartered bank in Wyoming was approved over a decade ago.
Unlike Kraken, which is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Avanti appears to be focused on a more niche banking market.