REGULATION · GLOBAL
IMF warns monetary policy frameworks must adapt to tokenization risk migration
International Monetary Fund issued alert that central banks and regulators must update frameworks as tokenization shifts financial risk from banks' balance sheets to non-bank service providers and market infrastructure operators.
WHY IT MATTERS
Signals systemic-risk concern from global macroprudential authority; accelerates regulatory focus on custody, liquidity, and solvency rules for token custodians and DeFi-adjacent infrastructure.
Source: Finextra · 2026-07-03