Whereas testifying earlier than United States (U.S.) lawmakers, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon referred to himself as a “main skeptic” on “crypto tokens that you just name foreign money like Bitcoin,” labeling them as “decentralized Ponzi schemes.”
Dimon was requested what retains him from being extra energetic within the crypto area throughout an oversight listening to held by the Home Monetary Companies Committee on Sept. 21.
Dimon emphasised that he sees worth in blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi), ledgers, sensible contracts, and “tokens that do one thing,” however then proceeded to lambast crypto tokens that establish as currencies.
Requested for his ideas in regards to the draft U.S. stablecoin invoice, Dimon mentioned he believes that there’s nothing fallacious with stablecoins which are correctly regulated and that the regulation ought to be much like what cash market funds are topic to.
Dimon has as soon as described Bitcoin as a “fraud” and has reiterated up to now he has little interest in backing the sector on a private degree. He has softened his stance on crypto occasionally, as soon as highlighting that it could serve vital use instances at occasions resembling cross-border funds.
Regardless of Dimon’s views on the cryptocurrency area, JPMorgan has been pushing into the blockchain expertise area. The monetary large launched its personal in-house stablecoin — JPM Coin in October 2020 — the primary cryptocurrency backed by a U.S financial institution, which was geared toward growing settlement effectivity.
Every week after rolling out the coin, the financial institution launched a brand new enterprise division devoted to blockchain expertise referred to as Onyx. Since then the Onyx platform has been utilized by massive institutional prospects for round the clock world funds.
JPMorgan additionally grew to become the primary main financial institution within the Metaverse following the opening of its digital lounge within the blockchain-based world Decentraland in February. The transfer adopted a report that was launched by the agency which referred to the Metaverse as a $1 trillion alternative.
JPMorgan has been hiring new employees to push into the blockchain and crypto area, most just lately asserting on Sept. 9 that it has employed former Microsoft govt Tahreem Kamptom to be its senior funds govt. Kamptom is predicted to assist JPMorgan discover blockchain tech given his Linkedin bio reveals he has labored on crypto-related cost strategies.
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In the course of the listening to, the lawmakers additionally requested different high U.S financial institution CEOs whether or not they had plans to finance crypto mining. Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser, Financial institution of America CEO Brian Moynihan, and Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf all steered that their banks had no intentions of doing so.
