Global regulators seek to crack down on decentralised finance

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Global securities regulators set out on Thursday their first blueprint to make participants in 'decentralised finance' (DeFi)accountable for their actions and safeguard market stability. DeFi platforms allow users to lend, borrow and save in digital assets, using the blockchain technology that underpins cryptoassets to bypass the traditional gatekeepers of finance such as banks and exchanges. The collapse of crypto exchange FTX and of the Terra USD stablecoin during 2022 showed how shocks in one part of the crypto market can trigger billions of dollars in outflows from DeFI applications, said IOSCO, the global umbrella body for securities watchdogs from across the world.

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LONDON - Global securities regulators set out on Thursday their first blueprint to make participants in "decentralised finance" accountable for their actions and safeguard market stability.

Such events have seen DeFi shrink from about $180 billion in late 2021 to about $40 billion currently, and the sector is also being used for moneylaundering, IOSCO said. "In reality, regardless of the operating model of the DeFi arrangement, 'responsible persons' can be identified," Lim said.

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