- ECB official warns U.S. crypto policies could trigger future global financial crises.
- Europe worries U.S. crypto influence may threaten its financial autonomy.
- Trump’s crypto reserve aims to elevate the U.S. as the crypto capital.
A top official at the European Central Bank (ECB) has expressed concerns about the growing role of cryptocurrencies in the United States, suggesting it could destabilize finances.
François Villeroy de Galhau, a member of the ECB’s governing council, thinks the US government’s support for crypto assets and non-bank finance could be setting up a future financial crisis.
ECB’s Specific Worry About US Crypto
Villeroy told Bloomberg, “The United States risks sinning through negligence. Financial crises often originate in the United States and spread to the rest of the world. By encouraging crypto-assets and non-bank finance, the American administration is sowing the seeds of future upheavals,”
The ECB has taken a more organized approach to crypto rules, trying to better handle the risks that come with digital assets and finance outside of banks. European officials are also increasingly worried about what the US’s crypto…
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