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JPM keeps inching TradFi onto the chain
J.P. Morgan Asset Management said it launched JPMorgan OnChain Liquidity– Token Money Market Fund (JLTXX), its second tokenized money market fund for U.S. investors. The twist: it’s now available on the public Ethereum blockchain.
That might sound like a nerdy infrastructure update, but it’s basically JPM saying, “Hey, we can do boring-but-important finance on crypto rails too.” And boring, in this case, is a compliment. Money market funds are the financial world’s comfy couch: low drama, cash-adjacent, and where institutions park money when they don’t want surprises.
Why investors should care
Tokenizing a fund doesn’t make it a meme. It means the asset can potentially be tracked and transferred more efficiently on-chain, which could matter for settlement speed, liquidity, and broader adoption of tokenized real-world assets. In plain English: JPM keeps building the plumbing for a future where parts of finance run more like software and less like a fax machine with a Bloomberg subscription.
The bigger picture
This is also a nice reminder that the blockchain story isn’t just about speculation. The real prize for big banks is getting traditional assets—cash, Treasurys, funds—into systems that are faster, cleaner, and easier to move around.
If JPM keeps rolling out these products, the company is signaling that tokenization isn’t a side quest anymore. It’s part of the main campaign.
Big picture: JPM is turning blockchain from a hype machine into a distribution channel for old-school finance.