Equity market links with cryptos up 10X since pandemic: IMF

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) observed in a blog post and flagged the attendant risks. It said that in the past few years Asian countries led by India, Vietnam and Thailand witnessed a steep rise in crypto ownership, leading to a scenario where the correlation between equity market performance and crypto asset performance had increased, «This indicates a growing interconnectedness between the two asset classes that permits the transmission of shocks that can impact financial markets,» said the blogpost authored by Nada Choueiri, mission chief for India at the IMF, and her colleagues. «Accordingly, authorities in Asia are increasingly sensitive to the rising risks posed by crypto as adoption continues to spread. They have therefore dialled up their focus on crypto regulation.» According to the post, volatility correlations between Indian equities and crypto assets have increased threefold since the pandemic, suggesting a possible spillover of risk sentiment between the two asset classes. Therefore, any negative sentiment in crypto markets now has more impact on investor sentiment in equity markets and vice-versa.

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«Before the pandemic, crypto seemed insulated from the financial system. Bitcoin and other assets showed little correlation with Asian equity markets, which helped diffuse financial stability concerns,» said the post. Such spillover of risk sentiment could have an adverse impact on India's equity market since crypto