Wyoming-based Custodia Bank在周三表示,美联储理事会对Custodia的加密友好业务模式进行了歪曲,以阻止这家州立银行进入支付和结算系统。
在一份长达39页的简要中,Custodia认为,如果赢得上诉案,将不会允许任何存款机构进入美联储的系统,也不会阻止美联储能够减轻据称与银行加密公司相关的风险。
本月早些时候,美联储的11家组成美联储运营机构的地区银行以及堪萨斯城联储提出,如果Custodia赢得上诉,将会确立一个“危险”的先例。这些银行在一份简要中辩称,这将有效剥夺地区银行减轻金融系统和自身风险的能力。
Custodia在四月输掉案件后提出上诉,主张该银行有权获得所谓的美联储主账户。这种地位将允许Custodia访问美联储的流动性设施,以及像FedNow这样的支付服务,减少Custodia与中介银行进行相对昂贵的业务的需求。
Custodia的诉讼最初是在2022年针对美联储理事会提出的,去年在其申请成为成员机构被拒绝后进行了修正。Custodia在其简要中辩称,拒绝是源自高层努力孤立数字资产行业的“政治决定性结果”。
Custodia表示:“政治风向转变,联邦监管基础设施的压力被用来打击一家小型的怀俄明州银行”,并补充说,最初支持怀俄明州的堪萨斯城联储理事会“改变了立场”。
Custodia辩称,堪萨斯城联储理事会在几个方面“改变了调子”。银行称,Custodia的风险管理描述从“强大”变为“不足”,并举例说明了其他评估的变化。
此外,Custodia表示,美联储理事会将其业务描述为“完全无监管”。Custodia辩称这一观念是错误的,并指出其受到怀俄明州银行监管和“多年的安全运营历史”。
尽管Custodia的诉讼取决于第十巡回上诉法院对包括货币控制法在内的银行法律的解释,但Custodia的简要强调了与“窒息点行动”相比的行业逆风。
The Obama-era initiative was targeted at banks that did business with porn makers, payday lenders, and gun manufacturers. Amid regulators’ shutdown of the crypto-friendly Signature Bank last year, the term “Operation Choke Point 2.0” emerged.
在监管机构去年关闭了对加密友好的Signature Bank之际,“窒息点行动2.0”这个术语出现了。
On her blog, Custodia founder and CEO Caitlin Long previously warned against the “politicization of banking,” arguing that the Fed’s vetoing of state-chartered banks’ access to payment systems represents a historic shift.
在她的博客上,Custodia的创始人兼首席执行官Caitlin Long曾经警告过“银行业的政治化”,并认为美联储否决州立银行进入支付系统的举措代表了历史性的转变。
In its September brief, the Fed banks argued that the ability to reject master accounts is a “fundamental and universal risk-management tool.” Their ability to assess whether banks processed illicit transitions or have poor risk management controls would be hamstrung if Custodia won, they argued.
在其九月的简要中,美联储银行辩称,拒绝主账户的能力是一种“基本和普遍的风险管理工具”。他们辩称,如果Custodia获胜,他们评估银行是否处理非法交易或者风险管理控制不佳的能力将受到限制。
“These risks are not merely theoretical, and they are not specific to the crypto industry,” the banks said, citing other depository institutions denied master accounts.
这些风险不仅仅是理论上的,也不是特定于加密行业的,”银行表示,并举例其他被拒绝主账户的存款机构。
As a state-chartered bank, Custodia is regulated under Wyoming law and supervised by a local regulator. And Custodia argued that the Fed’s description of its business model flies in the face of the balance of power between the federal and state governments.
作为一家州立银行,Custodia受怀俄明州法律监管,并由当地监管机构监督。Custodia辩称,美联储对其业务模式的描述违反了联邦和州政府之间的权力平衡。
“That appellees ignore state banking laws lays bare their anti-state bias,” Custodia said. “Far from attempting to avoid federal supervision, Custodia sought federal oversight by applying for FDIC insurance and applying to become a member bank.”
Custodia表示:“上诉人无视州银行法暴露了他们的反州偏见。”“Custodia并非试图避免联邦监督,而是通过申请FDIC保险和申请成为成员银行寻求联邦监督。”
With its arguments fully articulated in writing, Custodia’s filing represents a milestone in its years-long quest for a master account. But before a decision in the appeals case is reached, both sides will have the chance to present oral arguments at court in the coming months.
Custodia的文件充分阐明了其多年寻求主账户的历程,代表着一个里程碑。但在上诉案件的决定达成之前,双方将有机会在未来几个月在法庭上进行口头辩论。
Edited by Andrew Hayward
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