US SEC's crypto guidelines for banks push up costs, disrupt projects

US SEC's crypto guidelines for banks push up costs, disrupt projects

Physical Bitcoins. Credit: Flickr/Antana

Banks’ cryptocurrency projects have been upended by US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accounting guidance that would make it too capital-intensive for lenders to hold crypto tokens on behalf of clients, according to more than half a dozen people with knowledge of the matter.

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