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JPMorgan plans JPM Coin on Ethereum for approved counterparties

The bank cited public-chain liquidity; The Block reported peer-to-peer transfers within the Ethereum Virtual Machine ecosystem, including Base.

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  • JPMorgan plans to bring JPM Coin, its dollar-denominated deposit token, to Ethereum for approved counterparties, according to Bloomberg, which cited the head of Kinexys Labs.

  • The Block reported that the token now supports peer-to-peer transfers within the Ethereum Virtual Machine ecosystem, including Base.

  • The approved-counterparty restriction sets the practical market size: on a public chain the ledger is open, but JPMorgan decides who may hold and transfer the token.

JPMorgan plans to bring JPM Coin, its dollar-denominated deposit token, to Ethereum for approved counterparties, according to Bloomberg, which cited the head of Kinexys Labs. The bank cited public-chain liquidity: the chain offers more liquidity than rival networks and is already used by institutional clients.

The Block reported that the token now supports peer-to-peer transfers within the Ethereum Virtual Machine ecosystem, including Base.

The approved-counterparty restriction sets the practical market size: on a public chain the ledger is open, but JPMorgan decides who may hold and transfer the token.

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