Loading...

FSB announces directory for Crypto Assets Regulators before G20 summit

fsb releases list of regulatory authorities

Contents

Share link:

TL;DR

FSB the Financial Stability Board, aimed at promoting global financial stability in recent times has publicized its up-to-date directory of Crypto-Assets Regulators just ahead of this week’s G20 summit in Washington DC, USA.

The Financial Stability Board is made up by a merger of approximately 68 finance departments and central banks of the G20 countries. Last year it was chaired by Mark Varney, the head of Bank of England.

He has voiced his apprehensions regarding digital currency multiple times at various events. Currently, the chairperson is Randal Quarles who is also working as the Vice Chairman for Observation of Federal Reserves of USA.

The said Directory of Crypto-Assets Regulators offers insight to the managers related, authorities under FSB dominions and global bodies who deal with the issues of crypto-assets, and the facets covered by them.

The latter FSB report published in the month of October 2018 viewed Crypto-asset markets and stated that the member countries of FSB have to take a wide diversity of domestic supervisory, regulatory, and enforcement actions that are related to crypto-assets.

The up-to-date report reaffirms that the crypto-assets do not posture material perils to international financial permanence at this point of time but cautious monitoring is the need of the hour in the current pace of market developments.

However, the report mentioned its customary reservations i.e. security at the investor and consumer end, dodging taxes, evasion of capital laws, anti-money laundering, illegal security aids and sectors that were previously mentioned in last year’s report.

The organization FSB sprung after the financial crisis of 2008, it was intended to screen international financing system, and chiefly to boost operative controlling, managing and other financial sector strategies to maintain the stability of the financial system.

It has been testified that the G20 will meet in Fukuoka Japan in June as well to talk over global cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering regulation.

Share link:

Aroosa Nadeem

A media graduate and passionate media person Aroosa has a knack for digital media journalism and outreach. She has contributed content to different digital media publishers in a variety of areas including technology, health and finance.

Most read

Loading Most Read articles...

Stay on top of crypto news, get daily updates in your inbox

Related News

cryptocurrency
Cryptopolitan
Subscribe to CryptoPolitan