Hong Kong engaged on investor safety rules, says central financial institution exec

Central financial institution governors from across the globe are at the moment in Thailand to debate the position of central banks amid evolving monetary expertise. The conference is collectively hosted by the Financial institution of Thailand (BOT) and the Financial institution for Worldwide Settlements (BIS).

A panel dialogue on digitalized financial techniques noticed Eddie Yue, chief govt of the Hong Kong Financial Authority, Changyong Rhee, governor of the Financial institution of Korea, Adrian Orr, governor of the Reserve Financial institution of New Zealand and Cecilia Skingsley from Financial institution for Worldwide Settlements talk about the rise of digital property and central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and the dangers related to the brand new expertise.

The Hong Kong Financial Authority chief mentioned the improvements and advantages of blockchain expertise and its possible influence on central banks. Yue stated that in the long run CBDCs and stablecoins can provide a extra environment friendly and cost-effective method of transactions. Nonetheless, he famous that with any new expertise there are particular dangers related to or not it’s it innovation or operational dangers.

Yue famous that blockchain is a decentralized expertise by nature, thus it’s much more difficult to mitigate on-chain dangers. That is the explanation regulators ought to give attention to off-chain actions. He defined:

“We will begin with regulating off-chain actions like regulating digital asset exchanges. Hong Kong will quickly introduce not simply AML (anti-money laundering) facet but additionally investor safety.”

He additionally revealed that the Hong Kong authorities is engaged on separate rules aligning with worldwide consensus on regulating the stablecoin trade.

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Changyong Rhee, governor of the Financial institution of Korea, was not so optimistic about the way forward for blockchain expertise, particularly within the financial sector, in gentle of the current crypto contagions. He stated that he was not so positive whether or not “we’re seeing the good thing about this technological growth just lately,”

“I used to be extra constructive earlier than, however after seeing the Luna, Terra, and now the FTX points. I do not know [if] we are going to see the actual advantage of this new expertise, a minimum of for financial coverage,” stated Rhee.