• Canada would require pension funds to report their crypto exposures to OSFI.
• BnkToTheFuture CEO Says Canadian Pension Funds Are Struggling From Crypto PTSD.
• Final 12 months, Canadian pension funds wrote off a $150 million funding in Celsius.

In a brand new 2023 finances plan, the Canadian authorities mentioned federally regulated pension funds within the nation ought to notify the Workplace of the Superintendent of Monetary Establishments (OSFI) of their publicity to crypto property.

In line with the report, the federal government is searching for to guard Canadians’ retirement advantages following a number of high-profile bankruptcies within the monetary world affecting pension funds. This contains the latest failures of the FTX crypto alternate and the Celsius community.

Simon Dixon, CEO of BnkToTheFuture, took to Twitter to touch upon the brand new regulatory requirement. He mentioned Canadian pension funds had “Crypto PTSD” (post-traumatic stress dysfunction) for investing within the FTX alternate run by Sam Bankman-Fried after struggling considerably from the collapse of Celsius.

Notably, the Ontario Lecturers’ Pension Plan wrote down its complete $95 million funding in FTX, which means it lowered the worth of the funding to zero. Beforehand, different Canadian pension funds, such because the Quebec-based Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ), wrote off a $150 million funding in Celsius Community, implying that it didn’t anticipate extra to recoup that funding.

After months of courtroom instances, Celsius not too long ago introduced that it had reached a settlement with the Custody Advert Hoc Group and the UCC. The settlement will permit eligible account holders to enroll and get well most of their digital property which are a part of the custody program. Notably, those that join will obtain 72.5% of their digital property over time.