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Basel Committee Addresses Risks Around Permissionless Blockchains: Details
n an official blog post, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) clarified that its concern isn't with blockchains being public but rather with the fact that these networks are permissionless. The distributed governance model of permissionless blockchains is a significant source of concern for banking systems, according to the BCBS paper.
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Crypto Industry Criticises Lack of Bank Support for Cryptocurrencies, Asks RBI to Define Crypto-Banking Relations
The crypto industry in India has once again asked the Reserve Bank of India to define the status of the banking with crypto firms in the country. These companies have highlighted the moves taken by financial authorities in the world, who have begun to define the parameters that banks need to follow before growing their relationships with the crypto...
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Indian Fintech Firms Calls Basel Committee's Crypto Rules Transparency-Driven, Progressive
Indian fintech firms have hailed the Basel Committee of Banking Supervision's (BCBS) crypto rules, and called the decision progressive and driven towards bringing more transparency to the relationship between cryptocurrencies and banks on an international level.
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Basel Committee of Banking Supervision Approves Crypto Asset Disclosure Framework for Banks
The BCBS has given a green light to a ‘disclosure framework’ that will detail how the exposure of banks with crypto assets should go about. The disclosure framework by BCBS directs banks to maintain public records of their crypto engagements and their exposure to these risky assets.
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EU's Pending Banking Law Calls for Fast-Track Crypto Capital Rules for Banks
Tough capital rules for banks holding cryptoassets must be fast-tracked in the European Union's pending banking law if Europe wants to avoid missing a globally-agreed deadline, the bloc's executive has said. The global Basel Committee of banking regulators from the world's main financial centres has set a January 2025 deadline for implementing capi...
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Basel Committee Addresses Risks Around Permissionless Blockchains: Details
n an official blog post, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) clarified that its concern isn't with blockchains being public but rather with the fact that these networks are permissionless. The distributed governance model of permissionless blockchains is a significant source of concern for banking systems, according to the BCBS paper.
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Crypto Industry Criticises Lack of Bank Support for Cryptocurrencies, Asks RBI to Define Crypto-Banking Relations
The crypto industry in India has once again asked the Reserve Bank of India to define the status of the banking with crypto firms in the country. These companies have highlighted the moves taken by financial authorities in the world, who have begun to define the parameters that banks need to follow before growing their relationships with the crypto...
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Indian Fintech Firms Calls Basel Committee's Crypto Rules Transparency-Driven, Progressive
Indian fintech firms have hailed the Basel Committee of Banking Supervision's (BCBS) crypto rules, and called the decision progressive and driven towards bringing more transparency to the relationship between cryptocurrencies and banks on an international level.
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Basel Committee of Banking Supervision Approves Crypto Asset Disclosure Framework for Banks
The BCBS has given a green light to a ‘disclosure framework’ that will detail how the exposure of banks with crypto assets should go about. The disclosure framework by BCBS directs banks to maintain public records of their crypto engagements and their exposure to these risky assets.
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EU's Pending Banking Law Calls for Fast-Track Crypto Capital Rules for Banks
Tough capital rules for banks holding cryptoassets must be fast-tracked in the European Union's pending banking law if Europe wants to avoid missing a globally-agreed deadline, the bloc's executive has said. The global Basel Committee of banking regulators from the world's main financial centres has set a January 2025 deadline for implementing capi...
