Crypto readiness score
1/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-10-29
Only 1 of 3 status dimensions (commercial, regulatory, technical) are verified for this institution; at least 2 are required before a score is shown. We show this rather than guess.
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 3.5 | Announced / exploring · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Custody & trading |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-10-29 |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Custody & trading · United States
Galaxy National Bank: application for an OCC national trust bank charter
- regulatory
- Unknown2026-10-29
- technical
- Unknown
- commercial
- Announced / exploring2026-10-29
Galaxy said on 29 October 2026 that its subsidiary Galaxy Digital LP applied to the OCC to establish Galaxy National Bank, a proposed national trust bank that would provide digital asset custody, trading and staking and fiduciary investment advisory services if approved.
Scope: Proposed national trust bank headquartered in New York; application pending.
In tracker · last verified 2026-10-29
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map
- BCV · named role (tracker) · applicant subsidiary
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): United States
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-10-29 · Status
OCC national trust bank charter application announced.
2026-10-29 · Item
Galaxy Digital (via PR Newswire)
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