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EU lawmakers back ‘prohibitive’ capital rules for cryptoassets – One America News Network


By Huw Jones

LONDON (Reuters) – European Union lawmakers backed a draft law on Tuesday to implement the final leg of post-financial global bank capital rules, adding “prohibitive” requirements to cover risks from cryptoassets.

The European Parliament’s economic affairs committee approved a draft law to implement Basel III capital rules from January 2025, though backing several temporary divergences to give banks more time to adapt.

The United States, Britain and other countries are taking similar steps, but the committee used the draft law to introduce new elements, including requiring banks to hold enough capital to cover holdings of cryptoassets in full.

“Banks will be required to hold a euro of their own capital for every euro they hold in crypto,” said Markus Ferber, a centre-right German member of the committee.

The move, an interim measure pending further EU legislation, is in line with recommendations from global banking regulators.

“Such prohibitive capital requirements will help prevent instability in the crypto world from spilling over into the financial system,” Ferber said.

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), an industry body, said the draft law contains no definition of crypto assets and could end up being applied to tokenised securities as well.

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EU states have already approved their version of the draft law, and lawmakers will now negotiate a final text with member states, with further tweaks expected.

Foreign banks operating through branches in the EU will be watching the talks closely.

EU states have taken a more accommodative approach to when foreign banks serving customers in the bloc should open a branch, or convert a branch into a more heavily capitalised subsidiary, with EU lawmakers on Tuesday taking a harder line.

The EU is keen to build up “strategic autonomy” in capital markets as it faces a competing financial centre on its doorstep after Brexit.

AFME said it will be important to avoid “significant adverse impact” of tightening EU access to international markets and cross-border services.

(Reporting by Huw Jones; Editing by Jan Harvey)

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