Events listed in Decentralised Finance
Capital Markets
consultation
IOSCO establishes global approach to address risks in Decentralised Finance
ID 24865
IOSCO, the global standard setter for securities markets, has recently issued a Consultation Report consisting of nine policy recommendations. These recommendations are aimed at addressing market integrity and investor protection concerns arising from the growing field of DeFi. DeFi encompasses various financial products, services, and activities that utilize distributed ledger or blockchain technologies, including smart contracts. It seeks to **decentralize traditional finan ...
Decentralised Finance – Principles for building a robust digital economy
ID 24059
AFME has published a white paper discussing principles for building a robust digital economy in DeFi. AFME emphasizes the importance of developing a foundational taxonomy classification mechanism for DeFi and digital assets, encouraging further research and global cooperation to determine appropriate regulatory solutions. They highlight the need to leverage existing processes and frameworks to create a holistic regulatory perimeter and provide recommendations, including **req ...
Réponse AFG à la Consultation de l’ACPR sur la DeFi
ID 23937
The AFG responded to the ACPR Consultation on DeFI. The AFG particularly supports the idea of a flexible and adaptive regulation based on the principle of open source. It emphasizes the need to differentiate between the services provided (such as PSANs) and the resulting technological products (such as wallet providers), as the latter should not be subjected to the same obligations. **The regulatory framework ...
The Bank of Italy today publishes ‚Making it through the (crypto) winter: ...
ID 23903
The Bank of Italy has released a publication titled Making it through the (crypto) winter: facts, figures, and policy issues as part of the Markets, infrastructures, payment systems series. The publication focuses on the significant increase in crypto-asset prices in recent years, which has attracted the attention of both retail and institutional investors. Infact, it highlights the **increasing public interest in „alternative money“ and ...
FSB assesses financial stability risks of decentralised finance
ID 21921
The FSB published a report on the financial stability risks of DeFi. The present report concludes that while the service processes are novel, DeFi does not differ substantially from TraFi in its performed functions or exposed vulnerabilities. Indeed, DeFi’s specific features may result in vulnerabilities playing out differently than in TraFi, such as operational fragilities, liquidity & maturity mismatches, or leverage & interconnectedness. As ...