Criptos: El Comité de Basel (Suiza) publica una guía para entidades bancarias con directrices para la gestión de criptomonedas

Resumen:

• El 70% de criptoinversores no utilizan con frecuencia estos activos como instrumento de pago, según un sondeo
• El Comité de Basel (Suiza) publica una guía para bancos con directrices para la gestión de criptomonedas 
• Las principales criptos, arrancando la jornada con cotizaciones planas

El mercado de critptomonedas ha comenzado la jornada actual con un tinte plano. Nótese que un gran número de criptos han cotizado siguiendo este patrón durante las últimas sesiones. De acuerdo con el reporte diario de CoinMarketCap, la capitalización total de este mercado se sitúa en torno a los 134.5 mil millones de USD, con las altcoins (criptos principales) acumulando 66 mil millones de este total.

Bitcoin (BITCOIN on xStation5) cerró las operaciones de ayer con una leve caída. Por otra parte, Bitcoin ha comenzado la negociación del jueves también bastante plana. La criptomoneda más grande está operando alrededor de los $3830. Fuente: xStation5

Encuesta: el 70% de los propietarios de criptografías no suelen utilizar sus criptos para pagos

The Foundation for Interwallet Operations (FIO), which is a consortium handling blockchain wallets, exchanges, and companies related to payment processing, conducted a survey named “Blockchain Usability Report” concerning some crypto-related topics. The Foundation’s survey showed that 30% of surveyees sent cryptocurrency to someone else (including payments) at least once a month in 2018. Moreover, 27% of surveyees did not send any virtual currency during the same period of time. The Foundation asked over the 200 cryptocurrency owners.

Ethereum (ETHEREUM on xStation5) experienced four consecutive days of losses. Nevertheless, the scale of these drops could be described as quite moderate. Note that the second largest cryptocurrency is moving a notch above its 50-period moving average (a light green line) on the D1 chart at press time. Source: xStation5

Basel Committee publishes crypto-related guidelines for banks

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published yesterday guidelines titled “Statement on crypto-assets” for banks wanting to enter the crypto market. The Committee says that continued growth of crypto-asset trading platforms and financial products connected to crypto-assets could raise concerns related to financial stability and risks faced by banks. Moreover, it underlines that crypto-assets are characterized by, among others, their high degree of volatility and lack of standardisation. As a result, the Basel Committee expects that banks deciding to acquire crypto-asset exposures or similar services should adopt several issues. It mentions that banks should pay attention to due diligence (banks should assess risk related to crypto-assets), governance, risk management, disclosure (banks should disclose crypto-asset exposures) and supervisory dialogue (banks should inform supervisory authorities about their planned and actual crypto-asses exposures).

Ripple (RIPPLE on xStation5) tried to break above its 50-period moving average (a light green line) on the daily chart, but the cryptocurrency did not finally manage to do so. The third largest virtual currency is moving a notch below the $0.31 handle at press time. Source: xStation5