Financial strategists at JP Morgan have projected a bleak outlook for bitcoin prices in the short term. According to them, the cryptocurrency has a higher price and is trending at 13 percent over its ‘intrinsic value.’ They based their analysis on ‘positioning indicators’ derived from bets made by traders in the futures markets. But does...Read More
Major bank JP Morgan is in the news once again. US authorities have slapped a penalty of almost $1 billion on the country’s largest bank to resolve investigations into its purported manipulation of metals futures and Treasury securities. This comes after a FinCEN report name-dropped JP Morgan for contributing to moving $2 trillion worth of...Read More
Recently surfaced FinCEN documents revealed that some giant banks have knowingly transmitted trillions of dollars in suspicious transactions from Ponzi schemes and terrorist organizations. Names such as HSBC, Standard Chartered, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and more, have been collecting significant fees while flying under the radar for years. FinCEN Documents Reveal Big Banks’ Actions...Read More
In the past month, the NASDAQ-listed company MicroStrategy bought $425 million worth of Bitcoin. CEO Michael Saylor brought out BTC’s unique qualities to serve as a hedge as the primary reason. However, not too long ago, Saylor’s opinion differentiated substantially as he claimed that Bitcoin’s “days are numbered.” MicroStrategy’s CEO expressed his rather adverse verdict...Read More
The American multinational giant bank JPMorgan Chase & Co has entered into a strategic partnership with the blockchain-based company ConsenSys. As part of the deal, ConsenSys will acquire the bank’s enterprise blockchain platform – Quorum. ConsenSys Acquires JPM’s Quorum As reported earlier by Reuters, the New York-based blockchain startup has acquired Quorum and plans to...Read More
One of Wall Street’s largest banks, JPMorgan Chase, has outlined in a recent analysis that Bitcoin’s 2020 performance demonstrates the asset’s growth and maturation. The paper also notes the compelling correlation the primary cryptocurrency is exhibiting with global equities. JPMorgan: Bitcoin Matures The JPMorgan Chase analysis cited by Bloomberg examined the performance of Bitcoin and...Read More
After fighting a legal case for two years, America’s largest bank, JPMorgan Chase will pay $2.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over extra fees on cryptocurrency purchases. In 2018, the plaintiffs – Brady Tucker, Ryan Hilton, and Stanton Smith – filed the lawsuit against JPMorgan in a Manhattan federal court, accusing the bank of...Read More
JPMorgan strategist Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou claimed that Bitcoin is below its value. The report says that the largest cryptocurrency with market value is trading 25% below the price that should have been after halving. ?? JPM: Full Study on #Bitcoin Mining, Intrinsic Value and Open Interest.#BTC pic.twitter.com/n4PVjhR8iu— PiQ (@PriapusIQ) May 24, 2020 According to Panigirtzoglou, there...Read More
Discussions around Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, in general, have reached the high seats of investment banking. This becomes clear as the behemoth multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs hosted a conference call headlined US Economic Outlook & Implications of Current Policies for Inflation, Gold, and Bitcoin. Perhaps somewhat expectedly, the banking giant used its platform to bash...Read More
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies expanded their presence and usage in 2019, says JP Morgan. The giant American multinational investment bank filed a comprehensive report regarding the performance of the technology and digital assets in 2019. Bitcoin Adoption Two years after the bank’s CEO, Jamie Dimon regretted calling Bitcoin a “fraud,” JPM issued a 74-page document that...Read More
The CEO of one of America’s biggest banks hasn’t had anything nice to say about Bitcoin in the past. Back in 2017, JP Morgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon called Bitcoin a straight-up “fraud,” and a bubble that “won’t end well.” But now, during a CNBC interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Dimon says...Read More
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will launch options on Bitcoin futures starting today. This comes as a result of the increased interest in cryptocurrencies. Moreover, analysts from JP Morgan think that there’s a high-anticipation among institutional investors for CME’s newest product. Anticipating CME’s Bitcoin Futures Options CME recently announced the launch of its newest product...Read More
