‘Most of crypto is going to go away’ says JPMorgan blockchain lead

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JPMorgan head of blockchain and digital assets, Umar Farooq, has stated that the majority of crypto assets on the market today are “junk” and that it will take time for real crypto use cases to emerge.

During a panel at the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Green Shoots Seminar on 30 August, Farooq also said that regulation in the digital asset space was not keeping up with the industry’s advances.

In his view, this is holding bacl many traditional finance...

30 August 2022 | Banking

Singapore launches DeFi project with JPMorgan and DBS Bank

Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), is joining forces with JPMorgan, DBS Bank, and Marketnode to launch Project Guardian.

The project, which is led by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, will pilot use cases of digital assets in tokenisation, using the three financial institutions as “trust anchors”.

Announced on 31 May at the Asia Tech X Singapore Summit, Project Guardian hopes to eventually explore decentralised finance (DeFi)...

1 June 2022 | Decentralised Finance (DeFi)

JPMorgan enters the metaverse alongside new report on its potential

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JPMorgan is officially the first major bank to enter the metaverse, having opened a lounge in blockchain-based virtual world Decentraland.

That’s right. The United States’ largest bank has a virtual space called the Onyx Lounge fitted with a portrait of Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan’s CEO, a walk-in presentation on cryptocurrency, and even a roaming tiger.

Named after the bank’s suite of permissioned Ethereum-based services, the Onyx Lounge was revealed alongside a...

16 February 2022 | Banking