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A coalition of Spanish legislators is advocating for the nation’s primary financial regulator to mandate that cryptocurrencies display “traffic light”-style risk alerts.
The Spanish news agency EFE (via MSN) reported that the Sumar group of parliamentarians is urging the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) to implement this system for retail investors.
The coalition asserts that this approach would enable users to “clearly and visually” recognize the type of asset they are acquiring.
Sumar has submitted a formal proposal to the regulator, expressing concerns that a “significant portion” of tokens traded on cryptocurrency exchanges “lack material backing or any underlying value.”
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The parliamentary group is also seeking to rename cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).
It suggests using terms like “crypto bets” or “unbacked assets.” The lawmakers defended their proposal by stating that coins “do not confer their holders any rights to tangible assets or have any association with productive activities.”
The traffic light warning system would require the CNMV to assign one of three labels to each cryptocurrency on an exchange or bank’s investment platform.
- The regulator would issue a green light for cryptoassets that are registered, supported, and overseen. These coins would also need to exhibit stable market performance.
- Yellow would be designated for cryptoassets that possess “limited backing” or show moderate volatility.
- An orange light would indicate “unsupervised” coins with elevated risk levels.
- A final red label would be allocated for “speculative assets with no identified issuer or material backing.”
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Sumar expressed concern about “extreme forms of fictitious capital that do not create value, but instead generate volatility, inequality, and wealth concentration.”
Carlos Martín Urriza, the Sumar spokesperson for Economy and Finance, stated that policymakers should safeguard retail investors from assets that lack verified backing or collateral.
Carlos Martín Urriza, the Sumar spokesperson for Economy and Finance. (Source: elDiarioes/YouTube)
He noted that trading in cryptocurrencies often resembles betting more than investing. Additionally, Sumar is advocating for the CNMV to require banks and exchanges to ensure that their clients review pre-purchase information on cryptoassets before permitting them to buy coins.
This requirement should apply irrespective of a token’s specific classification, Sumar stated. It emphasized that these mandatory warnings must be clearly summarized and include visual elements.
Sumar recommended that the CNMV implement prominent warning systems, suggesting that the regulator should model its frameworks on those already utilized in sectors such as gambling or tobacco sales.
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Sumar legislators are also seeking to establish specific regulations for algorithmic trading pools. Furthermore, the group aims to limit retail investors’ access to trading platforms that utilize AI or algorithms.
Sumar is a left-wing coalition consisting of 20 parties that was initially formed to participate in the July 2023 general elections.
While it does not hold representation in the Senate, it has 31 members in the lower house, the Congress of Deputies. It constitutes one of the 11 political blocs in Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s ruling coalition.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in the Spanish parliament’s lower house chamber. (Source: lamoncloa.gob.es/Ministry of the President/Government of Spain)
This year has witnessed some of Spain’s largest banks entering the cryptocurrency sector as the popularity of coins continues to rise on the Iberian Peninsula.
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