
Amerikanska senatorer frågar tillsynsmyndigheter om bankförbindelser med kryptoföretag
- De amerikanska senatorerna Elizabeth Warren och Tina Smith kritiserade nyligen kollapsen av kryptobörsen, FTX, och den bredare kryptoindustrin.
- Lagstiftare är oroade över att bristen på tillsyn i förbindelserna mellan banker och kryptoföretag kan få långsiktiga konsekvenser.
- Senatens bankkommitté har satt en utfrågning om kollapsen av FTX den 14 december. Utskottsordföranden Sherrod Brown har dock hotat att utfärda en stämning om Bankman-Fried inte kommer med villigt.
Kryptobörsens, FTX, kollaps har öppnat nya diskussioner i USA om banden mellan banker och kryptoindustrin. Amerikanska senatorer, Elizabeth Warren och Tina Smith, båda medlemmar i senatens bankkommitté, skrev till Federal Reserves ordförande Jerome Powell, tillförordnad kontrollör för valutan Michael Hsu, och tillförordnad ordförande för Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Martin Gruenberg om de nära banden mellan finansinstitutioner i USA och krypto.
Both lawmakers are concerned about such relationships in the absence of concrete regulatory oversight in the industry. The Democrat senators quizzed Powell on how the Federal Reserve “assesses the risks to banks and the banking system.” The lawmakers claimed it had become clear that “crypto firms may have closer ties to the banking system than previously understood.”
The senators cited stories that suggested links between FTX and the Moonstone Bank, as well as between Tether and the Bahamas-based Deltec Bank. According to the letter,
Banks’ relationships with crypto firms raise questions about the safety and soundness of our banking system and highlight potential loopholes that crypto firms may try to exploit to gain further access to banks.
Both lawmakers have strongly criticized the collapse of FTX and the broader crypto industry. The senators requested information from Powell, Hsu, and Gruenberg on how they plan to probe the ties between crypto businesses and banks as well as a list of financial institutions that are currently involved in crypto-related operations. The heads of each agency were given until December 21 to respond.