Fintech

The Fintech Files: JPMorgan’s blockchain boss on why ‘most of crypto is still junk’

'With the exception of a few dozen tokens, everything else that has been mentioned is either noise or is just going to go away'

Umar Farooq is the head of JPMorgan's blockchain unit, Onyx
Umar Farooq is the head of JPMorgan's blockchain unit, Onyx

Back in February, Umar Farooq, the head of JPMorgan’s blockchain arm Onyx, told Financial News that crypto was still in its “Napster age” – in other words, it has a long road ahead to maturity.

Since then, the industry has been humbled by an era-defining market crash, hollowing out a once-bloated sector. So does Farooq think it has made much progress?

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