Two of America’s largest banks are urging crypto investors to remain cautious around the upcoming Bitcoin halving, which analysts believe may not play out much like prior cycles. In a Wednesday report, JPMorgan predicted that Bitcoin’s price will not rise following the event, and is more likely to resume declines that began earlier this month....Read More
JPMorgan has boosted its outlook on Coinbase stock (COIN) from “underweight” to “neutral” after following a better-than-expected crypto market rally to kick off the year. In a research report shared with CryptoPotato, the bank’s analysts argued that Bitcoin has experienced “meaningful price appreciation” after the launch of Bitcoin spot ETFs last month. JPMorgan’s Revised Coinbase...Read More
The amendments for spot Bitcoin ETF applications continue, with BlackRock naming Jane Street Capital and JPMorgan Securities as the authorized participants for its own exchange-traded fund, should it receive the green light from the US SEC. What’s particularly interesting is the involvement of JPM, whose CEO just recently urged the US government to close down...Read More
JPMorgan has processed more than $1 billion in daily transactions via its digital asset, JPM Coin, solidifying its position as one of the most extensive uses of blockchain technology by a traditional financial institution. The bank has ambitious plans to expand its utilization further, according to Takis Georgakopoulos, the Global Head of Payments, who also...Read More
JPMorgan has announced a significant milestone, revealing that it successfully conducted its inaugural live blockchain-based collateral settlement transaction involving BlackRock and Barclays. This transaction utilized JPMorgan’s Ethereum-based Onyx blockchain and the bank’s Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN). BlackRock employed this system to tokenize shares from one of its money market funds, which were subsequently transferred to...Read More
American financial services giant JP Morgan is exploring a new type of token that will speed up its cross-border payments and settlements. People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the multinational financial services firm has developed most of the underlying infrastructure needed to launch a deposit token. However, the firm is waiting for approval...Read More
JP Morgan has agreed to pay $290 million to settle a class-action lawsuit from the victims of Jeffrey Epstein – the famous American financier and sex offender. The plaintiffs claimed that JP Morgan laundered money and thereby enabled sex trafficking on behalf of Epstein while he was still a client of the bank. JP Morgan...Read More
Should bitcoin start resembling more the price performance as well as the investment structure of gold, its price could skyrocket to $45,000, according to a note by JPMorgan’s analysts. However, the multinational investment bank believes there’s a big catch. Bitcoin’s YTD performance has been rather impressive, as the asset entered 2023 at under $17,000 following...Read More
JP Morgan is developing an artificial intelligence service similar to ChatGPT geared towards offering users investment advice. The software service, titled “IndexGPT,” will tap cloud computing software using AI to analyze and select securities based on its customers’ needs. AI Investing With JP Morgan As reported by CNBC, JP Morgan applied to trademark a product...Read More
First Republic became another American bank to fail this year as all attempts to resuscitate the ailing platform fell short. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has now taken possession of the First Republic Bank. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was appointed as the receiver by the Californian financial regulator and...Read More
Economic, financial, and business analysts have been on the lookout for an imminent recession since late 2022. The only question in a field of certainty that a mild recession is looming is where? Jamie Dimon: Bank Failures Could Lead to Recession in 2023 Will the recession emerge from a financial crisis? Will oil or some...Read More
In its latest e-trading trends survey of 835 institutional traders, investment bank JPMorgan attempted to gauge market sentiment for the coming year. However, the findings appear very conflicted, especially concerning digital assets and trading. A question regarding electronic trading, which included crypto, commodities, and derivatives, saw an overwhelmingly positive response. “100% of responding traders predicted...Read More
David Kelly – Asset Management Chief Global Strategist for JP Morgan Chase – said it’s time for the Federal Reserve to quit hiking interest rates if it wants to keep the U.S. economy intact. Having “won” its war against inflation, the analyst claimed that the central bank now risks tipping the economy into a recession. ...Read More
Despite the massive bull market in 2020 and 2021, institutions have remained on the crypto sidelines and feel relieved about it. This is what a JPMorgan senior investment strategist argued recently, indicating that the interest in the asset class from such investors is “effectively nonexistent.” The most notable bull run in the cryptocurrency market started...Read More
Dave Ripley – the incoming CEO of crypto exchange Kraken – said he has inside information that FTX scammed its users. He expects more contagion from the crisis, assuring that his entity would not be affected. More Pain Coming In a recent interview for Bloomberg, Ripley described Sam Bankman-Fried (former CEO of the bankrupt platform FTX) as...Read More
JPMorgan’s team, led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, predicted that the price of bitcoin could drop to $13,000 due to the turmoil following the FTX collapse. The cost to produce BTC has also fallen considerably, which could be another reason for the asset’s potential downfall. A Grim Forecast An analysis team of the Wall Street bank estimated...Read More
As part of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Project Guardian pilot, JPMorgan completed the first live cross-border transaction using Polygon on November 2. MAS’ Project Guardian initiative aims to explore ways traditional financial institutions can leverage tokenized assets and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to execute financial transactions, among other use cases. Milestone for JPMorgan...Read More
After getting the axe from America’s largest bank, the infamous rapper Kanye West may be gravitating towards Bitcoin. The rapper has been spotted in multiple recent photos sporting a hat labeled “Satoshi Nakamoto” – the name of Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator. Is Kanye a Bitcoiner? One of the photos was shared over social media on Sunday...Read More
The leading financial services company – JPMorgan Chase & Co. – revealed that its clients have drastically dropped their interest in using cryptocurrencies as a payment method in the past few months. However, the organization assured that it will still support consumers who want to employ digital assets as a means of payment. Not so...Read More
The American banking giant – JPMorgan Chase – is looking for a Vice President (VP), Payments Business Development Manager, to join its Technology, Media, and Telecom West Coast Payments Team to be part of the Web 3, Crypto, Fintech, & Metaverse division. JPMorgan’s latest push toward the digital asset industry could be considered a surprise...Read More
With the US Federal Reserve firming up its ante against inflation and dismissing discussions about any softening of monetary policy. JPMorgan’s chief global strategist, David Kelly, has made some suggestions for crypto investors concerned about the direction of the market. In an interview Friday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Kelly...Read More
Umar Farooq, Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan’s blockchain unit, believes that real use cases of crypto are yet to unravel while most of the existing assets are “junk” with only a few exceptions. Speaking at the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Green Shoots seminar on Monday, Farooq said that the regulation has also not caught...Read More
According to the multinational investment bank – JPMorgan Chase & Co. – the main reason for the recent recovery of the cryptocurrency market is the expectation that Ethereum will complete its shift from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake this year. Bitcoin is currently up by over 35% compared to its lowest level in June, while Ether has...Read More
Strategists at the American multinational investment bank JP Morgan Chase & Co recently revealed that bitcoin’s cost of production has dropped by nearly 50% over the last month. BTC Production Cost Plunges to $13k According to a note published Wednesday by the bank’s strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, the Bitcoin production cost is currently sitting...Read More
Nearly $2 trillion in crypto market value has evaporated in months since the sky-rocketing prices in November last year. But, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, the deleveraging that prompted the rout is at an advanced stage and may not have much further to run. A Bottom May Be Near With markets sliding...Read More
Big banks are making moves into the blockchain and crypto space at a greater pace now more than ever. JPMorgan is the latest to experiment with distributed ledger technology to improve transfer efficiency. On May 26, Bloomberg reported that the Wall Street bank ran a pilot test transfer last week involving a transfer of a...Read More
JP Morgan – one of the largest investment banks on Wall Street – sticks to its previous fair-value target for bitcoin at $38,000, meaning that the asset is currently being traded with a discount. The bank believes BTC could recover stronger than other beaten-down assets because it had fallen far deeper amid the correction period....Read More
Jamie Dimon – CEO of JP Morgan Chase – showed strong support for decentralized finance and blockchain technology in a recent letter to shareholders. His new take appears to be a 180 from his previous takes on crypto, and more in line with those of his company. Blockchain and Defi are ‘Real’ The letter, issued...Read More
Wall Street multinational giant JPMorgan Chase became one of the financial backers of TRM Labs. The latter provides blockchain intelligence services to monetary institutions and crypto-focused businesses. Another Crypto Initiative One of the leading American banks – JPMorgan – has not always been supportive of the digital asset industry. In fact, its CEO – Jamie...Read More
Decentraland, a virtual world powered by blockchain tech, allows users to buy land and create assets from scratch. It also enables them to create rooms, buildings, even whole cities. JP Morgan tried doing just that. In the game’s Metajuku district, a virtual version of Tokyo’s Harajuku shopping district, the bank opened its Onyx lounge. The...Read More
