TREE NEWS update: Michael Saylor published a policy paper on Sept. 26 calling for bitcoin to be treated as “digital capital,” with banks permitted to custody BTC under clear rules and lend against it as collateral, and insurers given a path to hold it on their balance sheets. He noted the Basel Accords apply a 1,250% risk weight to some crypto exposures, a constraint on digital assets.
Saylor Urges Banks Be Allowed to Custody BTC and Lend Against It
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AI take
Saylor's paper is less a retail pitch than a bid to move bitcoin into the regulated plumbing of banking and insurance, where custody, collateral and balance-sheet treatment are decided. The Basel risk weight he cites is the real obstacle: as long as crypto exposures carry punitive capital charges, bank lending against BTC and insurer holdings stay impractical regardless of policy advocacy. The open question is whether such proposals gain traction with standard-setters, or remain a lone corporate campaign.
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