BitMine bought $105 million of Ether to push its staked ETH holdings past $2.87 billion while maintaining a $915 million cash reserve. The purchase aims to earn passive staking yield and underscores continuing institutional interest in Ethereum.
JPMorgan’s Kinexys unit is preparing to launch a U.S. dollar deposit token natively on the Canton Network, extending JPM Coin beyond its current infrastructure. The move aims to boost interoperability and institutional tokenization while preserving bank-grade controls.
Morgan Stanley is launching spot ETFs to give its 19+ million clients direct exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL). The offering marks a further step toward mainstream institutional access and could boost liquidity for SOL.
Jeff Park hailed Morgan Stanley’s new Bitcoin product as “the most bullish thing ever,” saying the market’s real transformation is happening at the institutional level even as price swings dominate headlines.
Morgan Stanley filed on Jan. 6, 2026 to launch an exchange-traded fund designed to track the price of bitcoin (BTC), marking another major bank moving into spot crypto products.
Bank of America is advising clients to consider holding up to 4% of portfolios in digital assets, reflecting growing Wall Street institutional acceptance. The guidance signals a cautious, strategic embrace of crypto rather than a full endorsement.
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF saw its biggest three-month inflow as the crypto rally continued, with analysts saying institutional rebalancing reflects expectations of another three years under Trump’s “America First” agenda.
BlackRock transferred 1,134 BTC ($101.4M) and 7,255 ETH ($22.1M) to Binance on Jan. 2, 2026, continuing institutional outflows into the new year, according to Lookonchain.
Metaplanet, a Japan-listed firm focused on Bitcoin, has purchased 4,279 BTC to start 2026, reinforcing ongoing corporate accumulation trends in the market. The move underscores continued institutional interest from Japan and could tighten available supply on exchanges.
JPMorgan launched a tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, showing regulated cash products can be integrated into on-chain settlement and collateral workflows. The move is a notable institutional validation for ETH as a settlement layer.