IMF says frontier AI makes breaking into bank systems cheaper, so more banks may fail in a severe scenario even as profits rise. In cryptobriefing.com's reading, stress tests now have to cover technology risk as well as interest rates and loan defaults.
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IMF's Global Financial Stability Report names an AI market correction and severe cyber incidents as plausible near-term triggers of turmoil. The correction risk rests on AI investment and profits disappointing, an assumption a company can test against its own plans.
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IMF warns tokenized collateral could accelerate forced liquidations in a stress
The IMF counted $65.1 billion of tokenized real-world assets at July 31 in its October 2026 Global Financial Stability Report. It rates systemic risk limited because the market is small, and lists legal certainty and safe settlement among four obstacles to broader adoption.
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IMF's Vamvakidis wants Korea's chip-boom tax windfall held back for the next downturn
IMF deputy director Athanasios Vamvakidis says Korea should save its chip-boom tax windfall because rising bond yields are lifting government interest costs. The October GFSR puts about $950 billion of equity and debt behind 13 circular AI deals, a loop its analysis says could cut funding and revenue together.
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Tokenized repurchase agreements average $300 billion to $350 billion a day, the IMF said in its October 8 Global Financial Stability Report. Against the $13 trillion a day some analyses cite for US repo, that comes to 2 to 3 percent of the flow, on venues the fund calls fragmented and short of legal clarity.
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