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JPMorgan brings its dollar deposit token to Ethereum
JPMorgan’s JPM Coin deposit token is available on Ethereum for institutional clients, adding a second public network alongside Base for bank-money transfers.
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The marketBitcoin traded at $81,428 and Ether at $2,382.43 at 11:57 UTC on 20 October. CoinGecko valued the whole crypto market at about $2.74tn in its separately timed global snapshot. Bitcoin stood about 35% below its October 2025 record.Digital dollarsDefiLlama's 20 October daily series records $305.45bn across all stablecoin pegs, including $303.73bn in dollar-pegged tokens. Circle's published timetable places Noble in its redemption-only Circle Mint period from 13 October to 12 January 2027. Existing USDC remains transferable until the January pause.DeFiDeFi protocols held $88.80bn in DefiLlama's daily record for 20 October. Uniswap's Arc fee expansion was executed on 5 October. Solana's 200-millisecond slot target took effect on mainnet on 9 October.
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