JPMorgan Chase customers (JPM) will soon have the option to buy Bitcoin
According to CEO Jamie Dimon, who spoke on the annual day of investors of the bank on Monday, indicating a change in how the company approaches the asset.
“We will allow you to buy it,” Dimon told shareholders, although he added that the bank has no plans to keep the asset in custody.
Dimon, known for his skepticism of cryptocurrency, doubled in his final comments, saying that he is still “non -fanatic” of Bitcoin, mainly due to its use for illegal activities, including sexual trafficking and money laundering
He also backed the exaggeration of the industry around Blockchain technology, arguing that it is less important than what is done, even when Jpmorgan continues to build in space.
“We have been talking about blockchain for 12 to 15 years,” he said. “We spend too much. It doesn’t matter as much as they think.”
The bank’s blockchain platform itself, Kinexys, recently made a test transaction in a public block chain for the first time, establishing the US Treasury bonds. Uu. In Ondo Chain test.
