JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon historically criticized Bitcoin, calling it a 'fraud' in 2017 and comparing it to a 'pet rock' in 2024

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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) approved Switzerland's first retail exchange-traded fund (ETF) that directly holds Bitcoin on October 20, 2026

JPMorgan Asset Management estimated Bitcoin's annualized arithmetic average return at 20.9% over a 10- to 15-year long-term planning horizon

JPMorgan Asset Management excluded Bitcoin from the 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions report's main portfolio covariance matrices and sample allocations due to its volatility and unstable correlations with traditional assets

JPMorgan portfolio manager Dr. Sheena Shah and head of digital asset strategy Dennis Cristallo described Bitcoin as a speculative asset and a hedge against monetary easing rather than a portfolio diversifier

JPMorgan Asset Management projected a bear case of -9.7% to -11.2% annual loss and a bull case of 16.6% to 17% annual gain for Bitcoin over the next decade

JPMorgan Asset Management included Bitcoin in its 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions report for the first time, projecting a 10% annual compound return over a 10- to 15-year horizon

Under the definitive agreement, Metaplanet will contribute 2,100 Bitcoin and $2.5 million in cash through its subsidiary Metaplanet Holdings, Inc. to acquire its stake in Super League.

Metaplanet adopted Bitcoin as its primary treasury asset in April 2024.

Metaplanet holds 44,000 Bitcoin, making it the second-largest publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holder after Strategy.

The Sparkasse cryptocurrency service allows customers to buy, sell, and hold five digital assets: Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, and Polygon's POL token.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved prediction-market platform KalshiEX's Bitcoin perpetual futures contract, BTCPERP, on May 29, 2026, one day after KalshiEX submitted its filing.

At the time of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's May 2026 approval of KalshiEX's Bitcoin perpetual futures contract, Michael Selig served as the agency's sole confirmed commissioner.

AnchorWatch Trust Company serves fiduciaries, public companies, trusts, and high-net-worth individuals requiring qualified Bitcoin custody.

AnchorWatch Trust Company targets the growing number of public companies adding Bitcoin to corporate balance sheets as client demand expands.

AnchorWatch Trust Company, authorized by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division, launched as a state-chartered qualified Bitcoin custodian on October 19, 2026.

Liquid Network suffered a $319 million to $320 million exploit in September 2026 after an Elements range-proof cache defect allowed 4,000 unbacked LBTC tokens to bypass validation checks.

Self-proclaimed white-hat hackers returned 3,400 BTC worth approximately $272 million following the September 2026 Liquid Network exploit, leaving roughly 602 BTC outstanding.

Exchange SideSwap processed Liquid Network's 4,000 LBTC peg-out order automatically without size, velocity, or wallet-history checks, which removed any manual opportunity to hold released Bitcoin after validation failed.

When estimating the statistical relationship, the BIS study's authors controlled for federal funds rates, U.S. Treasury yields, dollar movements, Bitcoin prices, and stock market volatility.

Metaplanet proposed allocating up to 15% of its total assets to strategic investments, including additional Bitcoin purchases and dividend funding.