JPMorgan exec: Softer stance on Bitcoin but we’ve always been pro-blockchain

Banking executive says JPMorgan has been active in blockchain for a while. Contrary to public perception, JPMorgan Chase has always been pro-blockchain, says the multinational investment bank’s head of wholesale payments, Takis Georgakopoulos. In a live discussion with Nasdaq reporter Jill Malandrino at this year’s Blockshow in Singapore, Georgakopoulos said JPMorgan has always viewed the […]

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Bitcoin price risks losing ‘critical technical level’ as stocks under pressure

Bitcoin faces pullback risk as U.S. stocks begin to drop following a six-week rally. U.S. stocks have started to correct as worries surrounding the pandemic are mounting. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) price has pulled back below $18,800 on Dec. 8 after struggling to break resistance at $19,500. The daily price chart of Bitcoin (Coinbase). Source: TradingView COVID-19 […]

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SWIFT enables instant cross-border payments

This seeming fight or flight response to blockchain’s rising ubiquity may be “too little, too late.” SWIFT, the Brussels-based interbank cooperative, has unveiled its first active instant cross-border payment connection — a move that could have major implications for the global payments landscape.  The cooperative announced Thursday that U.K.-based Lloyds Banking Group has become the […]

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