E*Trade Trading, Stablecoins & Tokenized Collateral
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Crypto’s integration with traditional finance is accelerating. Major banks are rolling out crypto trading services, expanding stablecoin initiatives and preparing for regulatory shifts that could let tokenized assets serve as collateral in derivatives markets. This week’s Crypto Biz dives into Morgan Stanley’s plan to launch crypto trading via E*Trade, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s cautious acknowledgment of stablecoins and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) exploration of tokenized collateral. Plus, Strategy’s Michael Saylor dismisses talk of a fading bull market, predicting institutional demand will push Bitcoin higher in Q4. Morgan Stanley to offer crypto trading via E*Trade Morgan Stanley’s discount brokerage E*Trade will begin offering cryptocurrency trading in 2026 through a partnership with infrastructure provider Zerohash, marking another sign that major banks are moving into digital assets. A Morgan Stanley spokesperson confirmed to Reuters that E*Trade clients will soon be able to buy Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL), aligning with earlier reports about the bank’s crypto push. Morgan Stanley acquired E*Trade in 2020 for $13 billion. At the time, the platform had about 5.2 million users. By entering crypto trading, E*Trade will compete directly with Robinhood, the popular discount brokerage that has aggressively expanded its crypto offerings, including this year’s $200 million acquisition of exchange Bitstamp. Source: Matthew Sigel Jamie Dimon is “not particularly worried” about stablecoins JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told CNBC this week that he’s “not particularly worried” about stablecoins, indicating that he doesn’t see blockchain-based tokens as a threat to his bank’s core business model. Still, Dimon emphasized that bank executives “should be on top of it and understand it,” citing the sector’s rapid growth and the recently passed GENIUS Act, which, possibly shaped by banking lobbyists, bans yield-bearing stablecoins. “There’ll be people who want to own dollars through a stablecoin outside the US, from bad…
