According to Henri Arslanian, the Basel Committee will review banks' crypto capital rules governing how bank exposures to digital assets are treated, a key regulatory input for institutional crypto participation. source: Henri Arslanian on X, Dec 8, 2025. Under the current Basel crypto standard, unbacked cryptoassets such as BTC and ETH are classified as Group 2 with a 1250% risk weight and a 2% of Tier 1 capital aggregate exposure limit, with implementation targeted by jurisdictions from 1 January 2025. source: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Prudential treatment of cryptoasset exposures, December 2022. Because capital rules set risk weights and exposure caps for banks, any review is directly relevant for trading liquidity, pricing, and access to custody and prime services around BTC and ETH. source: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Prudential treatment of cryptoasset exposures, December 2022.