Johan Van Overtveldt, a member of the European Parliament and the previous Minister of Finance of Belgium, has known as for a “strict ban” on crypto because of the present banking disaster.
In a March 17 tweet, Overtveldt steered lawmakers ought to think about banning cryptocurrencies as a “lesson” from the collapses of Silicon Valley Financial institution, Signature Financial institution and Silvergate Financial institution in america, referring to digital property as “speculative poison.” Members of the European Parliament have been discussing the influence of the failure of those banks on markets in its jurisdiction.
“If a authorities bans medicine, it must also ban cryptos,” stated Overtveldt.
Nog een les te trekken uit de huidige bankcommotie. Leg een strikt verbod op cryptocurrencies op. Speculatief gif en geen enkele economische- of sociale toegevoegde waarde. Als een overheid medicine verbiedt, moet ze ook crypto’s verbieden.
— Johan Van Overtveldt (@jvanovertveldt) March 17, 2023
A finance minister of Belgium from 2014 to 2018, Overtveldt grew to become a European Parliament member in 2019 and a part of its Committee on Financial and Financial Affairs. In October 2022, the committee accepted the Markets in Crypto-Belongings, or MiCA, framework, anticipated to enter impact beginning in 2024.
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Because the influence of the banking disaster unfolds, many U.S. lawmakers have additionally claimed monetary establishments’ ties to crypto companies have been partly accountable for their collapse, beginning with Silvergate’s voluntary liquidation on March 8. Silicon Valley Financial institution adopted on March 10 amid a financial institution run, and New York regulators took management of Signature on March 12. SVB Monetary Group has since filed for Chapter 11 chapter.
