Custodia loses 7-3 en banc bid at 10th Circuit, capping five-year Federal Reserve master account battle

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit voted 7-3 on Friday to reject Custodia Bank's request for en banc rehearing, leaving in place earlier rulings that the Federal Reserve can deny master account applications. The decision follows a more than five-year effort by the Wyoming crypto-focused bank to obtain a Fed master account and comes shortly after the Kansas City Fed approved Kraken Financial for a limited-purpose crypto master account.