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Reporting on the gathering has framed it as an upcoming policy-focused session, with coverage of the planned meeting identifying both crypto executives and prediction market executives as participants. For related coverage, see White House Sets Meeting on Crypto Market Bill .
Tether says KPMG has signed off on its 2025 financial statements, a claim the stablecoin issuer is presenting as its first full audit by a Big Four accounting firm.
Tether has completed its inaugural financial audit, the first full audit in the stablecoin issuer's history and a milestone the company frames as a new transparency standard for the digital asset economy.
The meeting is listed on the agency's official calendar as an open meeting dated Aug. 14, 2026 , with a corresponding published agenda describing the items commissioners will consider.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is accepting and reviewing charter applications from digital asset companies through its digital assets licensing applications process , which tracks firms seeking national bank status. For related coverage, see Nordea Bank to Enable Bitcoin ETP Trading in 2025 .
The message framed the push as an active administration commitment rather than outside speculation, with September named as the target window for moving the bill forward, according to reporting on the White House and lawmakers targeting September .
The move comes as the SEC's Crypto Task Force continues its work on how digital assets fit within existing securities law. Regulator-led rulemaking is drawing fresh attention precisely because the legislative route has slowed.
A $294 million exploit targeting KelpDAO sent shockwaves through decentralized finance, but rate limits built into Spark Protocol appear to have blunted the downstream damage, shifting attention from the raw size of the loss toward the risk controls that contained it.
Brazil is moving toward an October deadline for crypto licensing as its central bank tightens oversight of the digital asset sector, raising compliance stakes for exchanges and virtual asset service providers operating in the country.
Beijing is signaling that it will not authorize a private yuan stablecoin, favoring instead a state-controlled digital currency that keeps issuance and oversight firmly in the hands of monetary authorities.