Feb. 14, 2019
JPMorgan Chase has unveiled its JPM Coin, a cryptocurrency to settle payments between clients. The bank plans to test the coins in trials set to begin in a few months, according to a report by CNBC.
In the past, JPMorgan's CEO Jamie Dimon attacked bitcoin and claimed it was a "fraud." The JPM Coins have several key differences to bitcoin, however.
For example, each JPM Coin will be worth $1. Only institutional clients of JP Morgan such as corporations, banks and broker-dealers will be able to use the coins.
The coins will have three primary uses:
International payments for large corporate clients.Securities transactions with instant settlements.Replace dollars corporations use in JP Morgan's treasury services.The bank expects that its position in the market will help ensure its cryptocurrency sees wide usage.
Pretty much every big corporation is our client, and most of the major banks in the world are, too," Umar Farooq, head of blockchain projects, JPMorgan said in the report. "Even if this was limited to JPM clients at the institutional level, it shouldn't hold us back."
Topics: Bitcoin, Money Transfer / P2P
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