Basel Committee: Banks' crypto asset exposure stabilizes, Bitcoin's share declines

TechFlow reports that on September 24, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released statistics for the second half of 2025. Overall prudential risk exposure to crypto assets at banks remained broadly flat, but the asset composition shifted: in the Americas, Bitcoin’s share fell from 75.8% to 44.2%, Ethereum rose to 38.5%, Solana and XRP accounted for 7.8% and 5.6%, respectively, while stablecoin shares increased in other regions. Meanwhile, the volume of crypto asset business conducted by banks in the Americas on behalf of clients grew 93% to €6.4 billion, compared to a 25% decline in Europe to €1.9 billion.