{"id":93597,"date":"2026-01-27T11:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93597"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:30:12","slug":"major-us-banks-embrace-bitcoin-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/major-us-banks-embrace-bitcoin-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Major US Banks Embrace Bitcoin Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than half of the largest banks in the United States have launched or announced services related to the leading cryptocurrency, according to financial firm River.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">60% of the top US banks are into bitcoin. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AqceDDfjDP\">pic.twitter.com\/AqceDDfjDP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 River (@River) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/River\/status\/2015901529002160605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Analysts examined the top 25 financial institutions in the country, revealing that 60% of them offer trading or custody of digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>Three members of the &#8220;big four&#8221; US banks, with combined assets of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/advisor\/banking\/largest-banks-in-the-us\/\">over $7.3 trillion<\/a>, have shown interest in the industry:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>JPMorgan Chase is considering adding crypto trading;<\/li>\n<li>Wells Fargo offers institutional clients loans backed by bitcoin;<\/li>\n<li>Citigroup is exploring the launch of custodial services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Swiss giant UBS, operating in the American market, also plans to open bitcoin and Ethereum trading for wealthy clients.<\/p>\n<p>Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the US with assets of $2.67 trillion, remains on the sidelines. Capital One and Truist Bank have not announced any plans to engage with cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong confirmed the shift in sentiment within the traditional sector.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just wrapped up our week in Davos. I don&#8217;t love wearing a suit every day, but sometimes it has to be done!<\/p>\n<p>Davos is a unique place \u2014 world leaders and CEOs (and lots of crypto companies!) all come together in a small mountain town in Switzerland for a few days. It\u2019s a productive\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0lO5TqRhkL\">pic.twitter.com\/0lO5TqRhkL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brian_armstrong\/status\/2015130657429598703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following the Davos forum, he noted that bankers have become more amicable towards the industry. One global CEO referred to cryptocurrencies as &#8220;priority number one,&#8221; viewing them as a matter of business survival.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the interest in bitcoin, banks maintain a strict stance on yield-generating stablecoins, seeing them as risks to system stability.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/circle-ceo-dismisses-regulatory-concerns-over-stablecoins-as-absurd\">stated<\/a> that interest payments on <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-stablecoins\">&#8220;stablecoins&#8221;<\/a> do not threaten the banking system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than half of the largest US banks have launched or announced services related to bitcoin, according to River.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Over half of top US banks now offer bitcoin services.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1229,18,1269],"class_list":["post-93597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-banks-and-fintech","tag-bitcoin","tag-cryptocurrencies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"196","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Over half of top US banks now offer bitcoin services.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93599,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93597\/revisions\/93599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}