The report stated that BCBS statistics show that BTC’s share of banks’ crypto-asset exposures in the Americas fell to 44.2%
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Report: BTC's share of bank crypto exposure in the Americas fell to 44.2% as client-related activity increased to 6400000000 EUR.
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Basel Committee on Banking Supervision: Crypto assets held by banks in the Americas BTC share declines to 44.2%
PANews September 24 News, according to Ledger Insights, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) recently released 2025 statistics on banks' crypto-asset activities for the second half of the year show that overall bank prudential exposures remained flat, while the asset composition changed significantly. In the Americas,BTC's share of banks' crypto exposures fell from 75.8%sharply to 44.2%，ETH rose to 38.5%，SOL and XRP accounted for 7.8%and 5.6%respectively. Other regions shifted more toward stablecoins. Customer-related activity increased significantly, surging in the Americas by 93%to 6400000000 EUR while declining in Europe by 25%to 1900000000 EUR。
PANews stated that the information came from a report by Ledger Insights.
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The statistics cited in the report were published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), covering 2025 H2 bank crypto-asset activities.
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The report stated that banks' overall prudential exposures remained flat, but the asset composition changed significantly.
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In the Americas, BTC's share of banks' crypto exposures fell from 75.8% to 44.2%。
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In the Americas, ETH's share rose to 38.5%，SOL and XRP respectively accounted for 7.8% and 5.6%。
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The report stated that other regions shifted more toward stablecoins.
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Growth in customer-related activity in the Americas 93%to 6400000000 EUR, while Europe declined 25%to 1900000000 EUR。
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The data mainly showed changes in the proportions within bank crypto-asset exposure. BTC's share in the Americas declined, while ETH, SOL, and XRP accounted for certain shares. A lower share does not mean BTC's absolute exposure decreased because the source did not give the absolute amount for each asset.
Why it matters to readers
These proportions can help observe changes in the composition of bank crypto-asset activity and differences in client-related activity between the Americas and Europe, but cannot alone determine related asset prices or the scale of actual demand.
Beginners should distinguish a change in share from a change in absolute amount: an asset's share can decline simply because other assets grew faster. Interpretation also requires attention to the statistical sample, methodology, and actual amount for each asset.
Risks and unknowns
The evidence did not include the original BCBS statistics, so the key figures and statistical methodology could not be checked directly.
The source did not state the specific total amount of bank prudential exposure.
The source did not provide the previous shares of ETH, SOL, and XRP or the absolute exposure to each asset.
The statement that other regions shifted more toward stablecoins did not specify the regions, currencies, proportions, or amounts.
The specific business categories of client-related activity were not stated.
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