Joint Response to BCBS Crypto Standard Amendments Consultation

ISDA, with the Global Financial Markets Association, the Futures Industry Association, the Institute of International Finance and the Financial Services Forum, submitted a joint response to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) consultation on proposed cryptoasset standard amendments.  ISDA and the other trade associations welcome the BCBS’s continued focus on designing and improving the prudential framework for cryptoassets.  The key topics in the consultation response include public permissionless blockchains, classification condition 2 and settlement finality and Group 1b eligibility.  The Associations look forward to ongoing collaboration as these markets continue to evolve.

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