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What the IMF Can Teach Binance About Crypto Bailouts

In the aftermath of the FTX fiasco, the world’s largest crypto exchange is rushing to backstop failing firms and protocols. Should it?

Changpeng Zhao ,CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Markets

IMF’s Georgieva Warns Central Banks to Hoard Reserves, Follow Fed Hikes

The official's comments might be relevant to bitcoin traders because the largest cryptocurrency has proven to correlate with the dollar's strength in foreign-exchange markets.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at the IMF's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Needs ‘Global Regulatory Framework,' IMF Says

The longer it takes international regulators to form a game plan for regulating crypto, the more likely it is that regulation will be locked in at a fragmented, national level, warned the IMF on Tuesday.

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Policy

Una plataforma global de CBDCs podría reducir costos de pagos transfronterizos, según el FMI

El Fondo Monetario Internacional sigue siendo escéptico acerca de un sistema privado, pero está impulsando nuevas ideas sobre monedas digitales respaldadas por estados.

Autoridades del FMI quieren facilitar pagos transfronterizos a través de CBDCs. (William Potter/Getty Images)

Policy

New Global CBDC Platform Could Cut Payment Costs, IMF Says

The International Monetary Fund remains skeptical about a private system, but is pushing for new ideas on state-backed digital currencies.

Autoridades del FMI quieren facilitar pagos transfronterizos a través de CBDCs. (William Potter/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto’s Slide Hasn't Bled Into the 'Real Economy,' IMF Official Says

Antonio Garcia Pascual, deputy chief of the global market analysis division at International Monetary Fund, joined CoinDesk TV to discuss why the crypto contagion hasn’t really spilled over into other markets.

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Videos

IMF Official on Crypto Sell-Off and ‘Gloomy’ Economy

Crypto market collapses aren’t a worry for global financial stability, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday in a report that nonetheless raised grave concerns about the global economy.

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Videos

IMF Warning Shrugged Off; US Stablecoin Bill Race

The crypto market quickly rebounded after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts increased recession risk. MicroStrategy shares fall after a Jefferies downgrade to ‘underperform’. Plus, venture capital funding is close to surpassing a 2021 record. And South Korean prosecutors slap ‘notification upon arrival’ on Terra’s Do Kwon. We’ll have more on those stories — and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world — in this episode of The Daily Forkast, July 27.

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Según el FMI, la turbulencia cripto no afectará al mercado financiero general

Con la perspectiva económica oscureciéndose, el Fondo Monetario Internacional considera que la inflación y una recesión son riesgos importantes, pero no así las complicaciones dentro del mercado cripto.

Kristalina Georgieva, directora del Fondo Monetario Internacional. (Clemens Bilan/Getty Images)