IMF Warns Tokenized Finance Risks Amplifying Market Crises Ahead
View original at finance.yahoo.comIMF Warns Tokenized Finance Risks Amplifying Market Crises Ahead (Bloomberg) -- Moving Wall Street’s trading infrastructure onto blockchain-based systems could accelerate financial crises beyond regulators’ ability to respond, even as the technology promises to cut costs and eliminate settlement delays, the Internation…
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Central bank emergency lending facilities were built for business-hour crises, not 24/7 tokenized systems
60% confidenceAchieving favorable outcomes requires policymakers to engage proactively with the structural implications of digital transformation, rather than respond reactively to its manifestations
60% confidenceMoving Wall Street's trading infrastructure onto blockchain-based systems could accelerate financial crises beyond regulators' ability to respond
60% confidenceThe window for shaping the architecture of the tokenized financial system is open, but it will not remain so indefinitely
60% confidenceStress events are likely to unfold faster, leaving less time for discretionary intervention
60% confidenceIn a system that settles instantly and continuously, there's little time for regulators to intervene before margin calls hit
60% confidenceTokenization is a structural overhaul of financial architecture rather than a marginal efficiency gain
60% confidenceSettlement delays serve as buffers that give central banks and regulators time to intervene during crises
60% confidencePrivately issued stablecoins are functional in calm conditions but vulnerable to runs, similar to money-market funds
60% confidencePolicies must respond to the structural reallocation of trust and risk that tokenized infrastructures entail
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