ECB Sounds Alarm Over Linkages Between Stablecoins and Conventional Financial Markets

ECB Sounds Alarm Over Linkages Between Stablecoins and Conventional Financial Markets
The search for higher yields amid rising inflation and falling interest rates, have led investors to take greater risks, exposing a broad section of the market, including crypto, vulnerable to corrections, the European Central Bank (ECB) said.The ECB acknowledged that cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity and relevance, and said that the crypto markets are subject to “speculative bouts of volatility.”The increasing use of leverage by crypto investors can lead to “large, concentrated losses,” the central bank said in its bi-yearly financial stability review, which was released on Wednesday.The ECB also warned against the growing link between Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies that are…