Jamie Dimon, head of the American investment bank JPMorgan Chase, considers Bitcoin to be "worthless".
At the same time, he is convinced that digital assets will be subject to state regulation.
"No matter what anyone in this room thinks about it, or what any libertarians think, or what anyone else thinks about it, the government will regulate it," Dimon said Monday at the Institute of International Finance's annual general meeting of the global banking lobby this year was held virtually again.
The Treasury Department of the United States of America plans to subject so-called stablecoins to similar rules as they apply to banks, as reported by Bloomberg News recently. Dimon repeated the views he had already expressed about Bitcoin, but made a distinction between his personal view and the New York bank's official handling of customer requests for digital assets. "Personally, I think Bitcoin is worthless," said Dimon. “Our customers are adults, they disagree - that's just how markets are. If they want access to buy Bitcoin, we can't keep it, but we can give them legitimate access that is as clean as possible. "
Regardless of the discord, Bitcoin is currently approaching the $ 60,000 mark. In April of this year, the digital currency had last crossed the limit and was listed at its highest level of 64,805 dollars. In July, the cryptocurrency was only worth half as much at around $ 29,796. It is currently hovering back around $ 57,000 and there is potential for another rally. According to Vijay Ayyar, head of Asia-Pacific at the Luno crypto exchange, Vijay Ayyar, interviewed by Bloomberg, record rates of $ 80,000 to $ 85,000 are possible as long as $ 50,000 remains as the short-term lower limit.
The rally contrasts with dislocations in other asset classes, such as stocks, bonds and gold, caused by poor global market sentiment.
The increases also affect the second largest cryptocurrency, ether.
Before it started rising in July, it had fallen to $ 1,787 and has since risen to $ 3,438.
It peaked last May at $ 4,356.