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The fallout from the banking crisis earlier this year continues as the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision considers requiring banks to disclose their crypto asset holdings. The committee, which operates under the aegis of the Bank for International Settlements, identified holding crypto as one of the factors that led to the demise of several banks in March.<\/p>\n
At its meeting on Oct. 4-5, the committee looked at the causes behind the failures of Silicon Valley Bank<\/a>\u00a0(SVB), Signature Bank of New York (SBNY) and First Republic Bank<\/a>\u00a0(FRC), as well as the near-failure of Credit Suisse (CS), which was bought by its competitor<\/a> UBS.<\/p>\n Related: Crypto acted as safe haven amid SVB and Signature bank run: Cathie Wood<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n According to the committee\u2019s report<\/a>, three structural trends may have indirectly contributed to the banks\u2019 failures. They were the increasing role of nonbank intermediation in recent years, crypto assets concentrated in a small number of banks and the ability of customers to move their funds faster due to increasing digitalization. <\/p>\n The report also examined policy issues in detail. <\/p>\n The report especially highlighted the role of crypto in the failure of Signature Bank. The committee found:<\/p>\n SBNY\u2019s significant client concentration of digital asset companies put it in a precarious position when the \u201ccrypto winter\u201d hit in 2022. [\u2026] SBNY\u2019s poor governance and inadequate risk management practices put the bank in a position where it could not effectively manage its liquidity in a time of stress. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n SBNY was closed by the New York State<\/a> Department of Financial Services on March 12. The regulators stated at the time that crypto was not behind<\/a> their decision.<\/p>\n The discussion is not an indication of planned revisions to the Basel Framework, the report said. The committee amended its framework to limit<\/a> crypto assets in bank reserves to 2% in January. <\/p>\n At its 4-5 October meeting, the #BaselCommittee<\/a> agreed to consult on cryptoasset and climate disclosures, approved the annual G-SIB assessment and published its report into the banking turmoil of early 2023 #BaselIII<\/a> #FinancialRegulation<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/iLVbtP2VzS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/aSRw7YYHP7<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Bank for International Settlements (@BIS_org) October 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n A statement accompanying the report said<\/a> a consultation paper on crypto asset exposure disclosure would be published soon.<\/p>\n This is only the latest rehash of the banks\u2019 difficult days in March. The United States Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published their conclusions<\/a> on the events in April, with the FDIC taking another look at it<\/a> in August. <\/p>\n\n