In a move that could bolster the institutional use and legitimacy of cryptocurrency across the board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published a letter explicitly stating federal savings associations’ and national banks are allowed use stablecoins and participate in independent node verification networks as a way to conduct payment and other bank-permissible activities.

USD-backed Tether is the most traded cryptocurrency, and it’s not particularly close. So reports Decrypt.

“Altcoins” are rallying behind Bitcoin as XRP, Ether and others have hit highs not seen in years. So reports CNBC.

GoDaddy employees were duped into facilitating attacks on “multiple cryptocurrency exchanges through social engineering and phishing.” So reports ZDNet.