Basel Committee will finalize guidelines for banks’ work with cryptocurrencies in 2022

The Basel Committee of the Bank for International Settlements will review the proposed capital requirements for banks using cryptocurrencies and develop a more flexible regulatory document. On November 9, the regulator announced that it will finalize an advisory document for the banking system, which will clarify the proposed requirements for the reserve capital of banks that use cryptocurrencies, and will issue updated regulations by mid-2022. The statement was released after the Basel Committee considered the…

Amazon and Venmo announced a partnership to expand payment options for US users

American users of the mobile payment service Venmo, owned by the payment company PayPal and which added support for cryptocurrencies, will be able to pay for purchases on the Amazon site. According to a press release from PayPal, the partnership with Amazon, one of the world’s largest online retailers, will enable more than 80 million US Venmo users to use Amazon’s online shopping service and mobile app next year using a Venmo account. Venmo recently…