{"id":66304,"date":"2026-01-05T13:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66304"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:16:31","slug":"bank-of-america-joins-jpmorgan-citi-morgan-stanley-by-recommending-bitcoin-portfolio-allocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66304","title":{"rendered":"Bank of America Joins JPMorgan, Citi, Morgan Stanley By Recommending Bitcoin Portfolio Allocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bank of America Corp.<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BAC\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BAC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BAC\">BAC<\/a>) will allow more than 15,000 Merrill and Private Bank advisers to proactively recommend four spot <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) ETFs starting Jan. 5, formally opening Bitcoin access across its wealth platform.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Big Four Banks Now All Offer Bitcoin Access<\/h3>\n<p>Bank of America joins <strong>JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/JPM\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"JPM\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/JPM\">JPM<\/a>), <strong>Citigroup Inc.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/C\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"C\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/C\">C<\/a>), and <strong>Morgan Stanley<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MS\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"MS\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/MS\">MS<\/a>) in opening institutional Bitcoin access to wealth clients, marking the final holdout among the Big Four U.S. banks.<\/p>\n<p>JPMorgan has already pushed deeper into blockchain-linked products.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the bank expanded its JPM Coin deposit token framework and later filed a structured product tied to <strong>BlackRock&#8217;s iShares Bitcoin Trust<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/IBIT\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"IBIT\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" ...><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49688968\/bank-of-america-joins-jpmorgan-citi-morgan-stanley-by-recommending-bitcoin-portfolio-alloca?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bank\" of america joins jpmorgan citi morgan stanley by recommending bitcoin portfolio allocation>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) will allow more than 15,000 Merrill and Private Bank advisers to proactively recommend four spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETFs starting Jan. 5, formally opening Bitcoin access across its wealth platform. Big Four Banks Now All Offer Bitcoin Access Bank of America joins JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. (NYSE:JPM), Citigroup Inc. 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