Finance & economics | The afterFTX

Scrutiny of major crypto institutions is intensifying

The industry is calling this its “Dodd-Frank moment”

FILE - This April 3, 2013 photo shows bitcoin tokens at software engineer Mike Caldwell's shop in Sandy, Utah. The Federal Reserve Board has denied a Wyoming cryptocurrency bank's application for Federal Reserve System membership, officials announced Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, dealing a setback to the crypto industry's attempts to build acceptance in mainstream U.S. banking. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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The crypto crowd is hardly known for understating its own importance. Its members dubbed the implosion of ftx, the crypto exchange which collapsed spectacularly in November, the industry’s “Lehman Brothers moment”, a nod to the enormous ramifications of the fall of the investment bank. Now they say the industry is going through its “Dodd-Frank moment”, a reference to the sprawling financial regulations that were put in place after Lehman’s collapse.

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