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JPMorgan Asset Management Chief Slams Bitcoin in ‘Maltese Falcoin’ Report

In his 30-page investigation that riffs on the 1941 film “The Maltese Falcon,” Michael Cembalest, J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management’s chairman of market and investment strategy, slams blockchain and crypto to say bitcoin’s lofty valuations are the “stuff that dreams are made of.”

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Finance

Japanese Trading House Mitsui to Launch Gold-Linked Cryptocurrency: Report

ZPG coin will also be used for digital payments, Nikkei Asia reported.

A view of Tokyo tower. (Image credit: Jaison Lin/Unsplash)

Policy

US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Provide Tax Relief for Small Crypto Transactions

The legislation by a bipartisan group of House representatives would exempt realized crypto gains under $200.

U.S. Representative Suzan DelBene (Karen Ducey/Getty Images)

Finance

Social Media Site Stocktwits Taps FTX to Launch Crypto Trading Service

The move marks Stocktwits' first foray into offering trading on its platform.

Stocktwits CEO Rishi Khanna (Stocktwits)

Finance

Bank of Russia Approves Atomyze as First Digital Asset Issuer

Atomyze, a tokenization startup by the mining and smelting giant Nornickel, has gotten the green light to issue tokens backed by metals in Russia.

The Bank of Russia

Markets

Federal Reserve Board Nominees Bring Blank Slate on Crypto Views

Industry observers will be watching the Senate Banking Committee hearing for clues on future monetary policy and regulation.

Sarah Bloom Raskin, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, listens during an open meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

Indian Budget Provision Allows Government to Define NFTs

A clause in the just-announced budget has left the crypto industry trying to understand the future of NFTs in India.

India Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the budget earlier this week. (T. Narayan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Crypto Prices Rise With Investors' Appetite for Risk

Bitcoin and most major altcoins were in the green, although trading was lighter than on Monday.

(Daniel Milchev/Getty Images)