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JPMorgan Said To Be In Talks To Merge Its Blockchain Unit With ConsenSys

February 11, 2020

Investment banking giant JPMorgan is reportedly in discussions to merge its blockchain unit Quorum with Ethereum development studio ConsenSys. Reuters reported the news, citing “people familiar with the plan...

Kadena Launches Public Chain With Full Transactions, Completing Industry’s First Hybrid Blockchain

January 15, 2020

Kadena, the first blockchain technology company to come out of JP Morgan’s Blockchain Center for Excellence, has announced the full launch of its public blockchain. Following the start of genesis mining in...

Over 80 Japanese Banks Plan To Join JPMorgan’s Blockchain Payments Network

December 10, 2019

More than 80 banks in Japan have shown interest in joining JPMorgan’s blockchain payments platform, the Interbank Information Network (IIN). Daizaburo Sanai, an Executive Director at JPMorgan, told Bloomberg...

JP Morgan Dives into Blockchain-Based Payments, Adds 200 Banks

April 22, 2019

American multinational investment bank JP Morgan Chase is aiming to capture the payments industry using blockchain technology by expanding its Interbank Information Network (IIN), according to a Financial Tim...

JP Morgan is Biggest Banking Blockchain Employer in Past 12 Months

March 29, 2019

JP Morgan’s role in the world of cryptocurrency has always been mired in controversy. Jamie Dimon, the investment bank’s chief executive officer, has commented on bitcoin several times over the past couple o...

JPMorgan Launches Cryptocurrency; The First For A Major U.S. Bank

February 14, 2019

The first cryptocurrency created by a major US bank is here – and it’s from JP Morgan Chase. The New York-based bank has taken the much-awaited step of launching its own digital token, CNBC reported Thursday...

Coinbase Continues Wall Street Hiring Spree, Adds JP Morgan’s Oputa Ezediaro

October 1, 2018

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase continues to add Wall Street veterans, this time bringing in J.P. Morgan longtime executive director Oputa Ezediaro to take on a key role within its Institutional Coverage Dep...

JP Morgan Considers Offering Access to CME Bitcoin Futures Trading Options

November 22, 2017

After years of skepticism and open hostility, JPMorgan is reportedly considering offering access to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Bitcoin trading options through the exchanges futures-brokerages departmen...

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Trashes Bitcoin as Fraud

September 13, 2017

The CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, is the latest high profile personality to take a potshot at Bitcoin, saying that it is a fraud and will blow up eventually. He compared the craze to the tulip mania whi...

Broadridge, J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Santander Test Blockchain Voting

April 12, 2017

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Banco Santander have announced the completion of a pilot built on an Ethereum blockchain platform to enhance proxy vote transpar...