Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould declared that “crypto is part of the business of banking” at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium yesterday, outlining the OCC’s approach to integrating digital assets into the federal banking system. Gould said the OCC is targeting final stablecoin rules by November, which would allow it to begin processing stablecoin issuer applications in the new year. He drew a parallel between the OCC’s forthcoming role supervising stablecoin reserves under the GENIUS Act and its original mission in the 1860s of ensuring the quality of reserves backing national bank notes. “The GENIUS act is exceedingly exciting for us because it brings us back…