Many JPMorgan clients see Bitcoin as an asset class, says senior exec
“The volatility you see in it today just has to play itself out,” JPMorgan’s director of asset and wealth management said. Despite Bitcoin (BTC) not yet emerging as an “asset class per se,” JPMorgan considers it important to meet the demand for cryptocurrency investment, according to a senior wealth management executive.A large number of JPMorgan clients see digital currencies like Bitcoin as an asset class, the company’s director of asset and wealth management, Mary Callahan Erdoes, said.In a Bloomberg interview released Tuesday, Erdoes stressed that the bank will continue providing....
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