A compromise with the banks. The Basel Committee, which was held within the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), has just established its prudential standards with regard to the cryptocurrency reserves of commercial banks. These will be able to hold 2% of their reserves in cryptocurrencies.
The Basel Committee rules on banks’ cryptocurrency reserves
The Basel Committee announced these new risk management standards for commercial banks. The latter will now be able to hold 1% of their Tier 1 capital in cryptocurrencies, and up to 2% for their Tier 2 capital. As several commentators have pointed out, this could represent at current prices up to 3,000 billion dollars.
But these prudential standards will not apply until January 2025. Suffice to say that the cryptocurrency (or even banking) sector has time to evolve by then. We also recall that the BRI had set the threshold at 1% last summer, but only for certain players. So it can be seen as a sign of progress for the Basel Committee.
But not enough ? commercial banks would have liked a higher share, at 5%. But since then, the Terra (LUNA) and FTX affair has unsurprisingly aroused a reaction of mistrust from institutions and regulators, which certainly played into this decision. It is this aspect of risk management that is underlined by the governor of the central bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, who explains it in the press release:
“ The decision made today […] marks an important step in creating a global regulatory base to mitigate the risks posed by crypto-assets for banks. »
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A new classification of crypto-assets
The Basel Committee has also established a classification of crypto-assets, which are separated into two groups. Group 1 brings together traditional tokenized assets, as well as those that have stabilization mechanisms – that is, roughly speaking, stablecoins. In group 2, we find the other types of cryptocurrencies.
What can be learned from these new prudential standards is also the place now given to cryptocurrencies – even if limited. This tends to further separate central bank digital currencies (MNBC) and “classic” cryptocurrencies including stablecoins. What this means is that central banks as well as commercial banks are well aware that the two types of assets do not play in the same courtand therefore both potentially have a place in tomorrow’s banking system.
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Source: Basel Committee, Bank for International Settlements
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