BIS
Crypto’s ‘Illusory Appeal’ Should Be Met by Regulation, Not Bans, BIS Study Says
Bitcoin ETFs could boost adoption because digital assets offer an escape route for state-imposed capital controls, a grouping of central bankers from the Americas said.
Crypto Can’t Be Used as Money Due to ‘Inherent Flaws,’ BIS Tells G20
Central bankers, wary of displacing their own fiat currencies, pointed to the past year's prominent hacks and collapses.
Step Aside ‘Blockchain Technology’, IMF and BIS Have a New Crypto Buzzword
Financial stewards including the International Monetary Fund and Bank for International Settlements say tokenization is the future. They’re wrong.
Unified Ledger for CBDCs, Tokenized Assets Could Enhance Global Financial System: BIS
“This would be a game-changer in how we think about money and how transactions take place,” said the central bank group’s Head of Research Hyun Song Shin.
Central Banks Successfully Test Over 30 CBDC Use Cases, Including Offline Payments
An API layer could facilitate a wide range of central bank digital currency payment scenarios, a Bank for International Settlements and Bank of England experiment has shown.
Central Banks Successfully Test DLT in Linking Financial Settlement Systems
The experiment run by the Bank of England and the Bank for International Settlements shows it's possible to settle large synchronized transactions in central bank money, a report said.
BIS Says 'Hub-and-Spoke' Cross-Border Transfers Offer Benefits to Retail CBDC
The system is designed to offer users the best foreign-exchange rates and faster transactions while allowing central banks to keep almost total control of their currencies.
Certain Banks' Crypto Exposure Dropped by 44% Globally in 2022 From Previous Year: BIS
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision endorsed in December rules that a bank's exposure to certain cryptocurrencies must not exceed 2%.
2022 Events Cast 'Serious Doubts' on Stablecoins as Money: BIS Chief
Agustin Carstens, who has previously criticized stablecoins, said they do not benefit from the regulatory requirements and protections that apply to bank deposits.
Retail Crypto Investors in Emerging Economies Hit Hardest by FTX, Terra Collapses: BIS
The crypto market lost more than $450 billion after Terra's implosion in May, 2022, and another $200 billion after FTX's bankruptcy in November, the report said.
