JPMorgan brings JPM Coin to Ethereum
Oct 19, 2026
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JPMorgan brings JPM coin to Ethereum,
and strategy is on the verge of a golden cross.
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JP Morgan is bringing its JPM coin to Ethereum,
expanding beyond Coinbase's base network.
JPM coin represents dollar deposits at the bank.
The move targets crypto firms making
blockchain payments and financial firms that need to settle trades
or back tokenized assets.
JP Morgan's private blockchain network, Connexus,
already handles more than $7 billion a day.
Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin,
is about to flash a golden cross.
The signal fires when its stock's 50-day
average price rises above its 200-day.
Traders read it as a bullish shift in momentum.
Strategy has had two golden crosses
since it started buying Bitcoin in 2020,
and both were followed by huge rallies, gains of 717% and 1,774%.
And Patrick Witt, President Trump's most recent digital assets advisor,
said last week he's leaving government for the private sector.
His exit follows the earlier departures of Harry Jung and Beau Hines.
The vacancy matters, heading into 2027
when a new Congress takes up crypto legislation
and the SEC and CFTC keep moving on their own rules.
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