Today, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon reiterated his personal disapproval of Bitcoin during the bank’s annual Investor Day event. Despite the bank’s decision to provide clients with access to Bitcoin investments, Dimon emphasized his personal disapproval of Bitcoin.

“I am not a fan” of Bitcoin, stated Dimon.

JPMorgan is going to allow clients to buy Bitcoin, but the bank won’t custody it, according to Bloomberg. Dimon made clear that while JPMorgan will provide clients access to Bitcoin investments, the bank will not hold or manage the digital asset directly. 

In a January 2025 interview with CBS News, Dimon expressed continued skepticism toward Bitcoin….

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new way to protect user freedom and privacy on the blockchain as it scales. On May 19 Buterin introduced a concept called “partially stateless nodes” to make running Ethereum nodes easier and more private for regular users.

This new type of node allows users to validate blocks without storing the full blockchain. Instead of keeping everything they can choose to store only the parts that matter to them such as their wallet activity DeFi apps or tokens like Ether and stablecoins. This helps users stay connected without needing expensive hardware or large storage space.

Buterin warned that relying on just a few RPC providers could lead to censorship and loss of privacy. Many providers already block entire countries or control access. The new proposal supports decentralization by letting users run their own lightweight nodes and access Ethereum directly. This move strengthens Ethereum’s goal of being trustless open and free from centralized control.

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Fold, a leading Bitcoin financial services company, recently announced the launch of its Bitcoin Gift Card, marking the first step in integrating Bitcoin into the $300 billion U.S. retail gift card market. This innovative product enables consumers to purchase and gift bitcoin through familiar retail channels, is available now at Fold’s website and is expected to expand to major retailers nationwide throughout the year.

The Fold Bitcoin Gift Card allows users to acquire bitcoin for personal savings or as a gift, redeemable via the Fold app. “Once you buy that gift card, you can give it to someone or use it yourself. You open the Fold app, and your bitcoin appears,” said Will…

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Nebraska lawmakers have just passed Legislative Bill 526 (LB526), and while not explicitly anti-Bitcoin, its effects may be anything but neutral. With a unanimous 49-0 vote, the Legislature sent the bill to Governor Jim Pillen’s desk, where it’s expected to be signed into law. Supporters call it a commonsense infrastructure bill. Bitcoin miners call it a slow-motion exodus in the making.

On paper, LB526 is about large energy users. But in practice, it singles out Bitcoin mining facilities with one megawatt (MW) or greater loads and layers on operational constraints that look more like punishment than policy.

Cost Shifting, Public Shaming, and Curtailment

At the heart of LB526 is a…

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Metaplanet, known as Japan’s leading Bitcoin treasury company, has announced the acquisition of 1,004 Bitcoin for approximately $104.3 million, at an average price of around $103,873 per BTC. This latest purchase brings the company’s total Bitcoin holdings to 7,800 BTC.

Metaplanet started accumulating Bitcoin in April 2024 with about 98 BTC, costing around 1 billion yen. By the end of 2024, they had increased their holdings to nearly 1,762 BTC with a cost basis of about 20.9 billion yen. After officially launching their Bitcoin Treasury Operations on December 18, 2024, the company rapidly expanded their Bitcoin holdings, reaching 7,800 BTC by May 19, 2025. This growth was funded…

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