JPMorgan is making another big bet on crypto. The Wall Street giant is considering letting institutional clients trade cryptocurrency, according to reporting<\/a> on Monday from Bloomberg. These products and services may reportedly include spot and derivatives trading, and the efforts are still in their early stages.\u00a0<\/p>\n JPMorgan did not immediately respond to Fortune\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n The move comes amid the company\u2019s broader embrace of digital assets. In October, the bank announced that it would allow institutional clients to use Bitcoin and Ether as collateral. And earlier in December, JPMorgan\u2019s asset management arm launched<\/a> its first tokenized money fund.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The bank\u2019s recent expansion of crypto is notable given how CEO Jamie Dimon has long expressed contempt for the sector. As recently as last year, Dimon compared<\/a> Bitcoin to a \u201cpet rock\u201d, and said that its only uses were for money laundering and fraud, among other illegal activities. The remarks followed other insults Dimon has heaped on crypto over the years.\u00a0<\/p>\n JPMorgan\u2019s pivot towards crypto follows President Donald Trump\u2019s more favorable policies toward the sector. In July, Trump signed the Genius Act<\/a> into law, creating a regulatory framework for stablecoins. The legislation was enacted as Trump\u2019s family profited<\/a> from the industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n Given the new regulatory landscape for crypto, other major financial companies have also been hopping on the bandwagon. BlackRock<\/a> manages close to $100 billion<\/a> in Bitcoin ETF assets and more than $11 billion in Ethereum ETFs. Meanwhile, fellow financial giant Fidelity is involved in crypto staking, while Goldman Sachs has a private blockchain that is testing tokenized fund redemptions. And UBS, Citi, and HSBC have participated in<\/a> tokenized bond issuances, on-chain settlement pilots, and crypto custody services.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wall Street\u2019s latest digital asset adoption has not, however, translated to big price wins for the major cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin<\/a> is down about 30% to roughly $87,000 since its high of $126,000 in early October. Ethereum<\/a> is also down roughly 30% in the last three months to $2,919, and Solana<\/a> is down roughly 43% to $123.07 during that same time period. It appears that the big banks are taking a long-term view on crypto and are not being scared off by this recent dip.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Join us at the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit <\/strong>May 19\u201320, 2026, in Atlanta. The next era of workplace innovation is here\u2014and the old playbook is being rewritten. At this exclusive, high-energy event, the world\u2019s most innovative leaders will convene to explore how AI, humanity, and strategy converge to redefine, again, the future of work. Register now<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n