It depends entirely on how much cryptocurrencies are being used as collateral for leverage, which was the main factor that amplified the GFC. MBS’s and MBS-bas

It depends entirely on how much cryptocurrencies are being used as collateral for leverage, which was the main factor that amplified the GFC. MBS’s and MBS-based CDO’s were used as collateral for massive amounts of leverage (up to 30:1 for the commercial banks, and 100:1 for Fannie & Freddie). Since the housing market had never crashed, that collateral was considered reliable enough for significant amounts of leverage. Turns out it wasn’t. But cryptos have never been considered remotely that reliable by the broader financial system. Thus there is probably little to no leverage using cryptos as collateral. Crypto is currently crashing, but it will only take down itself and not 30 to 100 times as much leverage with it.