The discussions are expected to focus on bankers' opposition to allowing interest payments on stablecoins, along with the ability of banks to compete in the crypto space and preventing the use of cryptocurrencies to facilitate illegal activities.

Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said digital asset firms' trust charter bids fit into the historic scope of the charter, refuting claims that a 2021 interpretive letter he authored as OCC General Counsel expanded the charter's scope.

In oral arguments held Monday morning, a majority of Supreme Court justices seemed poised to overrule a 90-year-old precedent validating multimember independent commissions, but it remains uncertain what limits — if any — the court may impose on the president's removal powers.

The National Defense Authorization Act will be voted on by the House without the housing package that passed through the Senate Banking Committee unanimously.

Federal Reserve watchers expect a board of governors vote in February to reappoint the 12 regional Fed bank presidents — which is typically treated as a formality — to be the next flashpoint in the White House's effort to bring the central bank to heel.

A comment deadline is approaching on a proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would dismantle longstanding rules meant to protect minorities from discrimination in the market for credit.

The agency is weighing costly infrastructure needs, fraud risks and long-term decline in check use as it solicits public input on the possibility of winding down checks following an executive order phasing out paper in federal payments.