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Making it through the (crypto) winter: facts, figures and policy issues

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  • Guerino Ardizzi

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Marco Bevilacqua

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Emanuela Cerrato

    (Bank of Italy)

  • Alberto Di Iorio

    (Bank of Italy)

Abstract

The prices of crypto-assets have risen very steeply in recent years, attracting the interest of retail and institutional investors. More recently, the market has experienced a sharp decline in prices, also influenced by idiosyncratic events and tighter global fi nancial conditions. Starting from the main events that unfolded in the crypto-asset market in 2022, this paper examines the challenges regulation faces, as well as the drivers of the most recent regulatory developments, and then highlights the remaining open issues.

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  • Guerino Ardizzi & Marco Bevilacqua & Emanuela Cerrato & Alberto Di Iorio, 2023. "Making it through the (crypto) winter: facts, figures and policy issues," Mercati, infrastrutture, sistemi di pagamento (Markets, Infrastructures, Payment Systems) 38, Bank of Italy, Directorate General for Markets and Payment System.
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    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • K29 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Other
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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