Cryptocurrency
Mainstream crypto acceptance with regulation is inevitable, and that’s good
As banks increasingly adopt digital asset services, there remain inherent challenges getting institutions and customers onboard with crypto and its benefits. But the time left to overcome them is drawing to an end
Credit checks, what credit checks? How crypto lending ate itself
Collapse of hedge fund Three Arrows Capital exposes “sloppy and irresponsible” credit standards among crypto lenders
Quiet man: is Michael Barr the Clark Kent of regulation?
A decade after crafting Dodd-Frank, Fed’s new vice-chair must tame DC's warring regulatory factions
The closer quants look, the less diversifying crypto appears
Analysis seems to confirm that the asset class is not an effective diversification play
MSIM was biggest Grayscale investor on eve of bitcoin rout
Cathie Wood’s Ark and Horizon Kinetics were the other largest investors in trust that lost 61% in Q2
Major lender hikes borrowing costs as crypto flounders
Brokers warn crypto market faces a reckoning with wrong-way risk as lenders rush to tighten terms
DRW calls for regulation of fiat-backed stablecoins
Regulatory intervention would shore up confidence in flagging market, says major market-maker
EU crypto rules would allow terra, just not as a stablecoin
Final laws set to prevent algorithmic coins from styling themselves as “stable”, says insider
Crypto derivatives should be banks’ ‘gateway drug’ to spot
Improved spot market liquidity means cash-settled derivatives shouldn’t be the end goal, says co-founder
FTX proposal could prompt wider clearing changes
FCMs say current clearing structure could end up adopting parts of crypto exchange’s novel approach
Why even the safest stablecoins could fail
Settlement delays, insolvency risks mean collateralised coins could falter
FTX proposal prompts calls for CFTC rules review
Current bankruptcy and margin ring-fencing rules are incompatible with direct clearing, FIA says
In the age of bitcoin, buy side braces for 24/7 risk management
Investors forced to rethink “nine to five” mentality, as crypto exchange FTX proposes auto-liquidation model
Designed to fail: terra and the limits of arbitrage
Speculative ‘attack’ exposed fundamental flaws in crypto’s algorithmic stabilisation mechanism
Benchmark challenges inhibit crypto adoption
Without authoritative reference pricing, users may struggle to value assets and assess execution, traders say
FTX’s ‘easy-access’ clearing stokes fears over runaway risk
Crypto exchange will auto-liquidate underwater positions, which critics say could fuel a death spiral in prices
Prop stop: SEC plan to register prop trading threatens liquidity
Rule change may also be a crypto landgrab by SEC chairman Gensler, critics say
How to stop stablecoins from hoarding precious collateral
Repo markets expert and crypto bank chief exec think Fed reserves are the right answer
CME chief’s arguments at FTX hearing raise eyebrows
Terry Duffy’s criticism of exchange’s direct clearing proposal revives debate over ‘skin in the game’
Podcast: Lipton on (un)stablecoins and FX market-making
Veteran quant has long warned about fundamental flaws in algorithmic stablecoins
Basel chair stands by tough capital rules for crypto assets
Isda AGM: Hernandez de Cos is unmoved by arguments that high risk weights will push banks out of crypto
Crypto market-maker B2C2 weighs US swap dealer registration
Isda AGM: Move would see firm become second crypto trading outfit to obtain designation
Crypto ‘Wild West’ needs a new sheriff – Iosco chief
Isda AGM: Moloney says it’s time to take crypto seriously, and firms need to find a way to engage with regulators
SEC’s Gensler amps up pressure on crypto platforms
Isda AGM: top US securities regulator insists most crypto derivatives fall within SEC’s jurisdiction