
JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to let trading and wealth-management clients use some cryptocurrency-linked assets as collateral for loans, a major step by the biggest US bank to make inroads into an industry President Donald Trump has pledged to support.
The firm will start providing financing against crypto exchange-traded funds, beginning with BlackRock Inc.’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, in the coming weeks, people familiar with the matter said. The move marks the latest effort involving crypto among the biggest US banks after the Trump administration started removing regulatory barriers.