Fix Basel — Bitcoin Policy Institute https://fixbasel.org/ A public-comment campaign urging U.S. banking regulators to reject Basel's 1,250% bitcoin risk weight before June 18, 2026. en-us Bitcoin Policy Institute Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0500 1440 https://fixbasel.org/og-image.png Fix Basel — Bitcoin Policy Institute https://fixbasel.org/ Fix Basel's 1,250% Mistake https://fixbasel.org/ https://fixbasel.org/ Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0500 Conner Brown Public Policy Banking Regulation Bitcoin The Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC are accepting public comments on Basel's 1,250% bank-capital risk weight for bitcoin. Comments close June 18, 2026. The Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are currently accepting public comments on proposed changes to U.S. bank capital rules.

Under the Basel cryptoasset framework, Bitcoin receives a harsh 1,250% risk weight — the harshest in the entire framework. In practice that means a bank may be required to hold capital equal to the full value of its Bitcoin exposure before additional buffers, making bitcoin services economically impractical for regulated banks to offer.

This site explains the issue and walks readers through submitting a serious public comment before the June 18, 2026 deadline.

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