JPMorgan Wins First Approved Tokenized U.S. Money Fund Mandate on Kinexys
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 10
JPMorgan Wins First Approved Tokenized U.S. Money Fund Mandate on Kinexys
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 10
Summary
Schroders launched the first approved tokenized share class in a U.S. dollar money market fund on JPMorgan's Kinexys blockchain platform, marking a live client deployment rather than an internal test.
Regulatory approval lets JPMorgan extend Kinexys into institutional fund flows, where the bank says tokenization can improve efficiency and automate fund operations.
Schroders' adoption gives JPMorgan a reference client in asset management and strengthens its push to sell blockchain infrastructure beyond its own network.
The launch adds to JPMorgan's broader effort to tie traditional banking to digital rails as rivals including Citigroup and Bank of America build competing platforms.
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