Crypto market can learn lessons from traditional risk management, and more

Crypto market can learn lessons from traditional risk management By Suzanne Morsfield and Brian Whitehurst

Due to the plunge of the crypto market this summer, highlighted by the collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin and the insolvency of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, regulators are paying more attention to it than ever. Traditional finance built up its regulatory framework through hard lessons learned from crashes and crises. Decentralised finance does not have to learn these first hand. The crypto market should look to the development of traditional finance. By protecting customers, it can reduce risk, reach maturity faster and grow.

Public asset owners will undergo radical transformation By Christine Mikolajuk Public asset owners face a once-in-a-generation moment. Old assumptions have started to lose relevance. Technology has created new demands while allowing public asset owners to reimagine what is possible.

MEETINGS  Regulating non-bank lending: balancing opportunities and risks of fintech and cryptoassets financing Tuesday 13 September, Roundtable Jose Manuel Campa, chairman of the European Banking Authority, joins OMFIF to explore supervision, consumer protection, anti-money laundering and macroprudential risks.

ON DEMAND  Inflation, energy security and productivity: euro area’s monetary policy response Daniel Bouzas Luis, regional coordinator for Europe at the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative, speaks with Emma McGarthy, head of OMFIF’s SPI, about net zero alliances, the role of institutions and the EU’s green taxonomy.

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