{"id":515935,"date":"2022-11-25T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/project-syndicate-will-crypto-survive-sadly-the-ftx-debacle-is-unlikely-to-be-the-last\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T19:54:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T16:54:00","slug":"project-syndicate-will-crypto-survive-sadly-the-ftx-debacle-is-unlikely-to-be-the-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/project-syndicate-will-crypto-survive-sadly-the-ftx-debacle-is-unlikely-to-be-the-last\/","title":{"rendered":"#Project Syndicate: Will crypto survive? Sadly, the FTX debacle is unlikely to be the last"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b170522c3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b170522c3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/project-syndicate-will-crypto-survive-sadly-the-ftx-debacle-is-unlikely-to-be-the-last\/#%E2%80%9CProject_Syndicate_Will_crypto_survive_Sadly_the_FTX_debacle_is_unlikely_to_be_the_last%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Project Syndicate: Will crypto survive? Sadly, the FTX debacle is unlikely to be the last&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/project-syndicate-will-crypto-survive-sadly-the-ftx-debacle-is-unlikely-to-be-the-last\/#The_most_likely_path_is_improved_regulation_of_centralized_exchanges_but_making_crypto_safer_means_destroying_the_anonymity_that_makes_it_attractive\" >The most likely path is improved regulation of centralized exchanges, but making crypto safer means destroying the anonymity that makes it attractive.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/project-syndicate-will-crypto-survive-sadly-the-ftx-debacle-is-unlikely-to-be-the-last\/#Can_crypto_lobbyists_contain_the_damage\" >Can crypto lobbyists contain the damage?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/project-syndicate-will-crypto-survive-sadly-the-ftx-debacle-is-unlikely-to-be-the-last\/#Return_to_the_roots\" >Return to the roots<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/project-syndicate-will-crypto-survive-sadly-the-ftx-debacle-is-unlikely-to-be-the-last\/#How_could_crypto_compete\" >How could crypto compete?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/project-syndicate-will-crypto-survive-sadly-the-ftx-debacle-is-unlikely-to-be-the-last\/#More_on_crypto_from_Project_Syndicates_experts\" >More on crypto from Project Syndicate\u2019s experts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/project-syndicate-will-crypto-survive-sadly-the-ftx-debacle-is-unlikely-to-be-the-last\/#Kenneth_Rogoff\" >Kenneth Rogoff<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CProject_Syndicate_Will_crypto_survive_Sadly_the_FTX_debacle_is_unlikely_to_be_the_last%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Project Syndicate: Will crypto survive? Sadly, the FTX debacle is unlikely to be the last&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_most_likely_path_is_improved_regulation_of_centralized_exchanges_but_making_crypto_safer_means_destroying_the_anonymity_that_makes_it_attractive\"><\/span>\n  The most likely path is improved regulation of centralized exchanges, but making crypto safer means destroying the anonymity that makes it attractive.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap crawler\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0001427344\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetArticleReader\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object-article-reader\">\n<div class=\"audioplayer\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0001427344\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Listen to Article\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"articlereader\" data-show-title=\"false\" data-theme=\"wsj-article-reader\" data-show-header=\"false\" data-show-subscribe=\"false\" data-ads-enabled=\"true\" data-save-publication=\"false\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 The epic collapse of wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s $32 billion crypto empire, FTX, looks set to go down as one of the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/11\/23\/1138881426\/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-bankruptcy-crypto-cryptocurrency-collapse\" class=\"icon none\">great financial debacles<\/a>\u00a0of all time. With a storyline full of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/tom-brady-steph-curry-and-others-face-a-widening-securities-investigation-over-ftx-crypto-fraud-234740557.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACaHGS_Gdw0_P2foSobPXtknsPns8Gut6SuBr45OzgMDNZxl5lDZd22lLtviZQMoV6850ki5qvzOjOwYKY-yJx7WO0aVavl4u5DzlP8x_nbrDrbOmxjxxEspMsWpm-zOnIY1pi1RqOpG5NwetrPhOVxzYBhWXP8tRCr1uIeW6aXM\" class=\"icon none\">celebrities<\/a>, politicians, sex, and drugs, the future looks bright for producers of feature films and documentaries. <\/p>\n<p> But, to paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of the death of crypto itself have been much exaggerated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       <strong>Frances Yu:<\/strong> Genesis meltdown: Why investors are worried about bigger problems for crypto<\/p>\n<p>True, the loss of confidence in \u201cexchanges\u201d such as FTX\u2014essentially crypto financial inter<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>ries\u2014almost surely means a sustained steep drop in prices for the underlying assets. The vast majority of bitcoin<br \/>\n        BTCUSD,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/108573962\/realtime\" class=\"negative\">-0.38%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       transactions are done \u201coff-chain\u201d in exchanges, not in the bitcoin blockchain itself. 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Accordingly,\u00a0bitcoin\u00a0<br \/>\n        BTCUSD,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/108573962\/realtime\" class=\"negative\">-0.38%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and ethereum<br \/>\n        ETHUSD,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/108573964\/realtime\" class=\"negative\">-0.58%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       prices have plummeted.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetPullQuote\n            inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetPullQuote\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-pullquote article__inset__pullquote \">\n<p class=\"pullquote-content article__inset__pullquote__quote\">\n        <span class=\"l-qt article__inset__pullquote__mark--left\">\u201c<\/span>  It\u2019s hard to see why anyone not engaged in tax and regulatory evasion (not to mention crime) would use crypto.<span class=\"r-qt article__inset__pullquote__mark--right\">\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_crypto_lobbyists_contain_the_damage\"><\/span>Can crypto lobbyists contain the damage?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p> But a price adjustment alone is not the end of the world. The pertinent question is whether crypto lobbyists will be able to contain the damage. Until now, their money has been speaking volumes; Bankman-Fried reportedly gave\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/news\/2022\/11\/megadonor-no-more-sam-bankman-fried-spent-his-way-into-the-good-graces-of-washington-then-lost-it-all\" class=\"icon none\">$40 million<\/a>\u00a0to support the Democrats in the United States, and his FTX colleague Ryan Salame reportedly gave $23 million to Republicans. Such largesse surely helped persuade regulators around the world to follow a wait-and-see <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach to crypto regulation, rather than be perceived to be stifling innovation. <\/p>\n<p> Well, they waited, and with the FTX crash, we must hope that they saw.<\/p>\n<p>But what will they conclude? The most likely path is to improve regulation of the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/tech\/what-are-centralized-cryptocurrency-exchanges\/\" class=\"icon none\">centralized exchanges<\/a>\u2014the firms that help individuals store and trade cryptocurrencies \u201coff chain.\u201d The fact that a multibillion-dollar financial intermediary was not subject to normal record-keeping requirements is stupefying, no matter what one thinks about the future of crypto.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, firms would face compliance costs, but effective regulation could restore confidence, benefiting firms aiming to operate honestly, which are surely the majority, at least if one weights these exchanges by size. <\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Return_to_the_roots\"><\/span>Return to the roots<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Greater confidence in the remaining exchanges could even lead to higher crypto prices, though much would depend on the extent to which regulatory constraints, particularly on individual identities, ultimately undermined demand. After all, the major transactions currently conducted with crypto may be remittances from rich countries to developing economies and emerging markets, and capital flight in the other direction. In both cases, the parties\u2019 desire to avoid exchange controls and taxes implies a premium on anonymity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>On the other hand, Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of the ethereum blockchain and one of the crypto industry\u2019s most influential thinkers,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/vitalik-buterin-offers-lessons-for-crypto-in-wake-of-the-ftx-collapse\" class=\"icon none\">has argued<\/a>\u00a0that the real lesson of FTX\u2019s collapse is that crypto needs to return to its decentralized roots. Centralized exchanges such as FTX make holding and trading cryptocurrencies much more convenient, but at the expense of opening the door to managerial corruption, just as in any conventional financial firm. Decentralization can mean greater vulnerability to attack, but so far the largest cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and ethereum, have proven resilient.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with having only decentralized exchanges is their inefficiency compared to, say, Visa<br \/>\n        V,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203660239\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+0.92%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and Mastercard<br \/>\n        MA,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/207581792\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+0.73%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       or normal bank transactions in advanced economies. Centralized exchanges like FTX democratized the crypto domain, allowing ordinary people without technical skill to invest and conduct transactions. <\/p>\n<p>It is certainly possible that ways to duplicate the speed and cost advantages of centralized exchanges eventually will be found. But this seems unlikely in the foreseeable future, making it hard to see why anyone not engaged in tax and regulatory evasion (not to mention crime) would use crypto, a point I have\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/paperback\/9780691178363\/the-curse-of-cash\" class=\"icon none\">long emphasized<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps regulators should push toward decentralized equilibrium by requiring that exchanges know the identity of\u00a0<em>anyone<\/em>\u00a0with whom they transact, including on the blockchain. Although this may sound innocent, it would make it rather difficult to trade on the anonymous blockchain on behalf of an exchange\u2019s customers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Breaking <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>:<\/strong> Binance sets up crypto industry recovery fund with $1 billion initial commitment<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_could_crypto_compete\"><\/span>How could crypto compete?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>True, there are alternatives involving \u201cchain analysis,\u201d whereby transactions in and out of a bitcoin wallet (account) can be algorithmically examined, allowing the underlying identity to be revealed in some cases. But if this approach were always enough, and all semblance of anonymity could always be obliterated, it is hard to see how crypto could compete with more efficient financial intermediation options.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, rather than simply banning crypto intermediaries, many countries may ultimately try to ban all crypto transactions, as China and a handful of developing economies have already done. <\/p>\n<p>Making it illegal to transact in bitcoin, ethereum, and most other crypto would not stop everyone, but it would certainly constrain the system. Just because China was among the first does not make the strategy wrong, especially if one suspects that the main transactions relate to tax evasion and crime, akin to large denomination paper currency notes like the $100 bill.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, many other countries are likely to follow China\u2019s lead. But it is unlikely that the most important player, the U.S., with its weak and fragmented crypto regulation, will undertake a bold strategy anytime soon. FTX may be the biggest scandal in crypto so far; sadly, it is unlikely to be the last.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Kenneth Rogoff, a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is professor of economics and public policy at Harvard University.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_on_crypto_from_Project_Syndicates_experts\"><\/span>More on crypto from Project Syndicate\u2019s experts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Kenneth Rogoff:<\/strong> When the crypto crisis hits (and it soon will), the U.S. will be forced to s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> away the cloak of anonymity that facilitates criminal acts and which gives crypto its allure<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agustin Carstens:<\/strong> Official digital currencies could improve the lives of billions of unbanked adults<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nouriel Roubini: <\/strong>Crypto is an unregulated casino, where criminality runs riot<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Kenneth Rogoff\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[,{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:contributors@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"contributors@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kenneth_Rogoff\"><\/span>Kenneth Rogoff<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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