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JPMorgan Launches JPM Coin: Welcome to the Private Currency Era
The investment banking giant says the blockchain hype cycle has moved past inflated expectations and into the realm of being commercially viable.
The investment banking giant says the blockchain hype cycle has moved past inflated expectations and into the realm of being commercially viable.
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Today on the Brief:
- Stocks down; bitcoin up
- Consumer confidence shaky as baking supplies demand grows 3,400%
- Bank for International Settlements and Swiss central bank to test CBDC this year
Our main discussion: JPM Coin.
Initially announced in February 2019, JPMorgan’s JPM Coin is being launched for commercial use. In this episode, NLW looks at:
- The history of private currencies in the U.S.
- Why Libra was a starting gun for both governments and other private corporations
- How JPMorgan intends to make money from JPM Coin
- Why other investment banks might follow
See also: JPMorgan’s ‘JPM Coin’ Is Live, Execs Say
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Nathaniel Whittemore
NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.
