Financial Stability

Influential standard-setter the FSB wants tougher global crypto rules. (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)
Financial Stability Board Calls for Tougher Global Crypto Rules After Year of Turmoil
The standard-setter called for crypto companies to adapt after the tumult and scandals of the past year.
Influential standard-setter the FSB wants tougher global crypto rules. (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)

ESRB Chair Christine Lagarde (ECB/Flickr)
Crypto Conglomerates, DeFi Targets of EU Financial Stability Watchdog Concerns
Risks from smart contracts, high leverage and crypto staking and lending may imply a need for new regulations, the European Systemic Risk Board said.
ESRB Chair Christine Lagarde (ECB/Flickr)

The Financial Stability Board is based in Basel, Switzerland. (carmengabriela/Getty Images)
TradFi Fights for Tougher Crypto Rulebook in Wake of FTX Collapse
Traditional finance players want new international rules to stop FTX-style conflicts of interest, but the crypto industry warns of crimping blockchain benefits
The Financial Stability Board is based in Basel, Switzerland. (carmengabriela/Getty Images)

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Crypto Echoes Risks of 2008 Financial Crisis, Says US CFTC Commissioner
Christy Goldsmith Romero says CFTC oversight would be an answer to potential financial stability risks brewing in the industry.
Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Fed’s Michael Barr: Crypto ‘Unlikely' To Grow Into Money Substitutes
Fed’s Michael Barr: Crypto ‘Unlikely' to Grow Into Money Substitutes
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr spoke at a DC Fintech Week event, noting that crypto is "unlikely to grow into money substitutes and become a viable me...
Fed’s Michael Barr: Crypto ‘Unlikely' To Grow Into Money Substitutes

The FSB wants to write the global crypto rulebook (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)
Global Crypto Standards Due Next Week Could Test Regulators’ Tech Mantra
Financial-stability norms to be set out next week could seek to extend financial regulations to the crypto world - or could seek to go in a whole new direction.
The FSB wants to write the global crypto rulebook (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)

Unregulated Crypto Could Bring Risks to Financial Stability: FSOC
Unregulated Crypto Could Bring Risks to Financial Stability: FSOC
The Financial Stability Oversight Council warned that cryptocurrencies could pose risks to U.S. financial stability if they “were to grow without adherence to or being paired...
Unregulated Crypto Could Bring Risks to Financial Stability: FSOC

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EU's ESMA Raises Alarm Bells Over Growing Crypto Use as It Prepares for New Powers
The European Securities and Markets Authority is worried about consumer rip-offs as well as novel risks like hacks and consensus manipulation
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Kristalina Georgieva of the IMF, which today published its analysis of global economic prospects, finding that crypto is not a major threat to the global economy. (Clemens Bilan/Getty Images)
IMF Says Crypto Sell-Off Won’t Hit Broader Financial Market
With the economic mood darkening, the Fund sees inflation and a recession as major risks – but not crypto market turbulence.
Kristalina Georgieva of the IMF, which today published its analysis of global economic prospects, finding that crypto is not a major threat to the global economy. (Clemens Bilan/Getty Images)

The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee is calling for more regulation to mitigate against crypto risks (Robert Bye/Unsplash)
Bank of England Panel Calls for Enhanced Crypto Regulation to Limit Contagion
The loss of $2 trillion of crypto market cap over a period of months has “underscored the need for enhanced regulation,” the Financial Policy Committee said.
The Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee is calling for more regulation to mitigate against crypto risks (Robert Bye/Unsplash)