After the Boss Calls Bitcoin a 'Fraud' — JP Morgan Buys the Dip
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After the Boss Calls Bitcoin a 'Fraud' — JP Morgan Buys the Dip

THELOGICALINDIAN - Just afresh newsBitcoincom appear on JP Morgan controlling Jamie Dimon calling bitcoin a artifice and claiming he would blaze any agent from his close who traded the agenda bill for actuality brainless Now it seems JP Morgan has been bent redhanded purchasing a agglomeration of XBT shares contrarily accepted as exchangetradednotes that clue the amount of Bitcoin

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After a Few Harsh Statements from Executive Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Ltd., and Morgan Stanley Purchase Bitcoin ETNs

According to accessible annal of Nordnet trading logs, the two associated firms JP Morgan Securities Ltd., and Morgan Stanley bought almost 3M euro account of XBT agenda shares. Interestingly afterwards the contempo authoritative crackdown in China, and the statements from JP Morgan’s chief controlling Jamie Dimon talking debris about bitcoin, his close bought the dip on September 15. In fact, out of all the companies on the list, like Goldman Sachs and Barclays, the JP Morgan aggregation of buyers purchased the best XBT notes.

Bitcoin exchange-traded-notes (ETNs) are a accepted advance agent for boilerplate investors and banking administration firms who appetite acknowledgment to bitcoin. A few institutions action ETNs, amid them Denmark-based Saxo Bank, which sells addendum alleged the “Bitcoin Tracker.” These bitcoin-based ETNs clue bitcoin amount movements adjoin the Euro and USD. Bitcoin ETNs accept done acutely able-bodied over the advance of 2017 afterward clothing with bitcoin’s brief amount spike.

JP Morgan Applies for Blockchain Patent 175 Times

JP Morgan doesn’t aloof acquirement bitcoin notes, but is additionally heavily complex with the ‘blockchain fever’ that has adulterated banks beyond the world. The banking close has activated for a “bitcoin alternative” apparent with the U.S. over 175 times in 2013. The aggregation is additionally alive on an ethereum-based blockchain alongside, according to bodies accustomed with the matter, alive with Zcash development as well. With the ethereum activity alleged “Quorum,” JP Morgan has its own Github repo that explains how the permissioned blockchain does not need consensus mechanisms like Proof-of-Work (POW) or Proof-of-Stake (POS).

Former JP Morgan Executives Leave the Firm for Bitcoin and Blockchain Projects

Additionally, former JP Morgan admiral are all about blockchain technologies these canicule and alike bitcoin. The adept bolt trader, Daniel Masters, abutting JP Morgan appropriate afterwards admission academy and in 2014 announced he was starting a bitcoin-based barrier fund. Another above JP Morgan mogul, Blythe Masters, started her own blockchain startup Hyperledger which is now run by the Linux Foundation. Masters is still heavily complex with the blockchain activity and has a bench on the governance board.

Whether Jamie Dimon wants to accept it or not his close was trading bitcoin-based addendum afterwards his statements. Further, over the accomplished few years, JP Morgan cannot adumbrate the actuality that they are beguiled with blockchain technology, aloof like the hundreds of added banking institutions acquisitive they won’t be replaced.

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