World Liberty Financial wins OCC bank approval amid DeFi risk

World Liberty Financial received preliminary conditional OCC approval on August 14, 2026, to charter a national trust bank as a crypto venture linked to Donald Trump.This significant World Liberty Financial OCC approval aims to bring the firm’s $4 billion USD1 stablecoin under federal supervision. The news arrives as a substantial $112 million decentralized finance (DeFi) position, tied to the company, remains perilously close to liquidation on the Dolomite lending protocol.World Liberty F