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SAB 121

An SEC accounting bulletin that required banks to record crypto they custody as liabilities on their own balance sheets.

Definition

An SEC accounting bulletin that required banks to record crypto they custody as liabilities on their own balance sheets. This effectively made it too expensive for most banks to offer crypto custody. The crypto industry fought hard against it, and it was eventually overturned, opening the door for bank custody of crypto.

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