IMF for the first time includes digital assets such as Bitcoin in global economic statistics standards

On March 23rd, according to CrowFund Insider, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the seventh edition of its Balance of Payments Manual (BPM7) on March 20th, which for the first time includes digital assets such as cryptocurrencies in the global economic reporting framework, marking the first update to the manual since 2009. According to the new framework, digital assets are divided into replaceable tokens and non replaceable tokens, and further classified based on whether they bear related liabilities: Non endorsed assets such as Bitcoin are classified as non productive non-financial assets and are classified as capital accounts; Stablecoins and other debt backed digital currencies are considered financial instruments; If ETH, SOL and other platform tokens are held across borders, they may be classified as equity instruments; Pledge and cryptocurrency revenue activities are considered as sources of dividend income; Mining and staking related services are recognized as exportable computer services. The IMF plans to promote the widespread adoption of BPM7 and the latest System of National Accounts by 2029-2030.