Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Central bank of the Philippines. It sets monetary policy and supervises banks, payment operators and crypto and remittance firms.

Known aliases

BSP
Philippine central bank
Philippines central bank

Current stories

investConfirmed3 publishers

Coins.ph faces possible loss of its Philippine license over offshore gambling clients, two people say

Coins.ph, the Philippines' largest crypto exchange with over 18 million customers, faces a possible license loss, two people told CoinDesk. A revocation would remove the venue handling some 75% to 80% of the country's peso-to-stablecoin liquidity.

Publishers:coindesk.com crypto.news cryptobriefing.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 12%
Operator: Operator 43%
Investor: Investor 45%

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+25
Incentives: Insufficient
Confidence55

investConfirmed2 publishers

Philippine appeals court freezes 25 crypto wallets in a flood-control plunder case

Philippines' Court of Appeals has frozen 116 assets tied to an unnamed lawmaker, 25 of them crypto wallets, in a flood-control plunder probe. For exchanges and custodians, what the order means depends on how much those wallets hold.

Publishers:crypto.news cryptobriefing.com

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+20
Incentives: Insufficient
Confidence62

investOne report1 publisher

ASEAN+3 weighs a standing rapid financing facility after 17 CMIM test runs

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and Japan's Ministry of Finance co-led technical talks in Puerto Princesa on making the CMIM rapid financing facility permanent and on settling more regional trade in local currencies.

Publishers:crowdfundinsider.com

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+12
Incentives42
Confidence46

investOne report1 publisher

BSP's draft would close the Philippine payment-licence window for twelve months

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has drafted a year-long stop on new payment system operator applications while it rebuilds licensing. The same circular pushes crypto and remittance merchants into direct-only bank relationships with caps.

Publishers:cryptopolitan.com

Reality

Evidence30
Adoption10
Hype gap+20
Incentives60
Confidence35

investOne report1 publisher

EMEAP's scam task force moves fraud data sharing from goodwill to supervision

Eleven Asia-Pacific central banks approved a standing scam-intelligence channel and put AI in front of their supervisory heads. The account comes from one member, with no timetable attached.

Publishers:crowdfundinsider.com

Reality

Evidence34
Adoption26
Hype gap+22
Incentives58
Confidence42