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The move follows CEO Jamie Dimon's recent admission that JPMorgan will soon let clients buy bitcoin.

JPMorgan is set to begin accepting Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds as collateral for loans, Bloomberg News reported on June 4. The lender also plans to consider digital asset holdings when evaluating a client’s net worth and liquid assets, placing crypto alongside traditional categories such as equities, vehicles, and fine art when assessing lending eligibility. The […] The post JPMorgan to accept Bitcoin ETFs as loan collateral, consider digital holdings in evaluations appeared first on CryptoSlate.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said he will allow his bank's customers to buy Bitcoin, but the bank will not custody it. Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan, said his bank will soon allow its clients to buy Bitcoin, but it won’t custody the cryptocurrency. “We are going to allow you to buy it,” Dimon said at JPMorgan’s annual investor day on May 19. “We’re not going to custody it. We’re going to put it in statements for clients.” CNBC reported that Dimon also remarked on his long-held skepticism about crypto assets, pointing to their use in money laundering, sex trafficking and terrorism. Read more

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said the Wall Street lender plans to offer Bitcoin (BTC) to its customers in a stark shift from his historical stance toward the digital asset. During JPMorgan’s Investor Day, Dimon reiterated that he is “not a fan” of Bitcoin, but acknowledged that clients will continue to demand access to it.  He […] The post JPMorgan to support Bitcoin buying despite Jamie Dimon’s ongoing skepticism appeared first on CryptoSlate.

JPMorgan has completed a groundbreaking pilot transaction that bridges traditional finance and blockchain in collaboration with Ondo Finance and Chainlink. According to a May 14 statement, the banking giant’s blockchain unit, Kinexys, successfully executed a cross-chain atomic settlement using Ondo Finance’s tokenized short-term US Treasury product, OUSG. This marks the first time Kinexys has connected its permissioned […] The post JPMorgan bridges blockchain and traditional finance in landmark pilot transaction appeared first on CryptoSlate.


The testnet deal links JPMorgan’s Kinexys payments network to Ondo Chain using Chainlink’s cross-chain tech