(Bloomberg) -- Jamie Dimon told US lawmakers he would shutter the cryptocurrency industry if he had their power. “If I was the government, I’d close it down,” the chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. said at the Senate Banking Committee’s annual Wall Street oversight hearing Wednesday.

"I've always been deeply opposed to crypto, bitcoin, et cetera," Jamie Dimon said during a Congressional hearing.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon bashed the crypto industry at a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday, saying that he would "close it down" if he was the government. Matrixport head of research and strategy Markus Thielen weighs in on Dimon's comments,

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon ramped up his years-long opposition to bitcoin and other digital currencies on Wednesday, suggesting that lawmakers should move to ban cryptocurrency altogether. What they're saying: "If I was the government,

The billionaire Dimon testified before the Senate he’s “deeply opposed” to bitcoin and other digital currencies due to their association with illegal activity.

The JPMorgan Chase CEO lashed out at bitcoin and its peers, suggesting that cryptocurrencies should be banned.