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March 19, 2019June 17, 2020

Basel Committee Issues New Crypto Asset Warnings

Pile of Bitcoin, related to Basel Committee statement on cryptocurrency — Image courtesy of CrowdFundInsider.com

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued a statement on “crypto-assets,” highlighting that new financial products related to crypto have the potential to increase the risks to banks who engage in digital or crypto assets. The BCBS, an informal standard setting body, was established by central bank governors to cooperate on regulatory and supervisory matters. The story is here.

March 12, 2019June 17, 2020

Chris Brummer joins European Securities and Markets Authority working group

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Minilateralism’s author, Chris Brummer, has been invited to join ESMA’s Consultative Working Group for the agency’s Financial Innovation Standing Committee. The working group is designed to tap the expertise of market participants and academics who are involved in the topics related to financial innovation under ESMA’s remit (securities markets, market infrastructures, institutional and retail investors) and with a view to support ESMA’s objectives of investor protection, market integrity and financial stability.

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019

Dr. Brummer to Introduce Cecilia Malmström at Georgetown’s 2019 International Trade Update

Chris Brummer, author of Minilateralism, will be introducing the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström for the John J. Greenwald memorial lecture for Georgetown’s 2019 International Trade Update. Commissioner Malmström will discuss transatlantic trade relations and the EU’s upcoming trade agenda. The agenda is here.

January 10, 2019June 17, 2020

EU Moves Closer to Harmonized Regulation of Cryptoassets

A sign in a Berlin pub signals the owner’s acceptance of bitcoin. Reports on cryptoasset regulation in the European Union could have global reverberations. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images file photo)

Two pivotal reports on European cryptoasset regulation were released today by the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA), setting the stage for a process that could result in a “bespoke” regime for cryptoassets. The full story is here.

January 4, 2019January 10, 2019

FintechPolicy.org Officially Launches

FintechPolicy.org, an online portal for news and analysis of global regulatory developments in financial technology, officially launched in the latter days of December 2018.

FintechPolicy.org will be the first website of its kind to focus on policy across an increasingly expansive fintech ecosystem. A wide array of experts from the field of financial technology will contribute articles, opinion pieces, and exposés concerning the current state and future of regulatory policy in the United States and internationally, with Dr. Chris Brummer serving as founder and key contributor.

For more information on this exciting development, click here.

December 17, 2018June 17, 2020

New Brexit vote would ‘break faith’ with British, says May

New Brexit vote would 'break faith' with British, says May

Prime Minister Theresa May reportedly opposes a second Brexit referendum on Monday, arguing that such a vote would “break faith” with British people and do “irreparable damage” to politics. The story is here.

November 21, 2018June 17, 2020

China says US ‘spoiled’ APEC party as trade war truce hopes fade

China says US 'spoiled' APEC party as trade war truce hopes fade

Vice President Mike Pence and Prime Minister Peter O’Neill

This is the first time in more than two decades that the 21 members of APEC have failed to reach an agreement at the end of their meetings. The story is here.

October 15, 2018June 17, 2020

NAFTA talks forced Canada to pick a side in U.S.-China trade war

When Justin Trudeau’s government agreed to a revised North American free trade deal, the Americans said Canada also agreed to something else: joining Donald Trump’s trade war on China. The story is here.

October 7, 2018June 17, 2020

Why some experts say scrapping part of NAFTA’s Ch. 11 is Canada’s biggest win with USMCA

While the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) is similar to its NAFTA predecessor in many ways, some experts are cheering the removal of a section little-known to the Canadian public — Chapter 11, Section B., or the Investors-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism. The story is here.

October 1, 2018June 17, 2020

Fintech Week speakers roster is now up!

The speakers roster for Fintech Week is available now! From Amazon to Zcash, and from the Comptroller of the Currency to the Co-Director of Colombia’s central bank, experts will come to Washington November 5-8 to discuss the future of fintech regulatory policy.

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