Commercial banks reported total trading revenue of $5 billion in the final quarter of 2017, down 21.2 percent from the third quarter and 16.1 percent from the year before, according to the OCC’s Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities. The net current credit exposure fell by 3.2 percent to $337.1 billion, the report said. The notional amount of derivatives banks held in the fourth quarter fell by 8.7 percent to $172 trillion.
House passes bills on stablecoins, digital assets, CBDCs
The House voted in favor of two bills to create a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins and digital assets. House members also voted in favor of a separate bill to ban the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC.