Pensions News

The state’s pension fund increased its Bitcoin exposure while also consolidating its investment into a single exchange-traded fund.

Bitcoin price moves closer to its all-time high, and the absence of euphoria in derivatives markets is a positive sign.

Australia has a superannuation system requiring employers to allocate a portion of an employee’s earnings to a retirement account.

Pension funds often feature smaller alternative asset allocations and deep liquidity to mitigate risk, Allie Itami told Cointelegraph.

Even a small allocation of Bitcoin in a traditional investment fund can be beneficial. 

Cartwright reported that an “unnamed scheme” based in the UK had made a 3% allocation of Bitcoin into its pension fund.

The value of the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF shares held by the state’s pension fund increased by roughly $1 million since being reported.

Sovereign pension funds are increasingly seeking exposure to Bitcoin following the introduction of spot ETFs in the United States.

Florida’s elected Chief Financial Officer and Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis says his letter follows Donald Trump’s plans for a national stockpile of Bitcoin.

South Korea’s public pension fund has just increased its crypto exposure by buying tens of thousands of shares in MicroStrategy.

In an SEC filing, the state's pension fund disclosed holding 110,000 shares of the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF as of June 30.

Bitcoin price is being driven higher by a new set of bullish catalysts.

Mayor Steven Fulop said he had been a “long-time believer“ in crypto but did not appear to have mentioned Bitcoin or other tokens before July 25.

“Bitcoin now has a place at the table alongside gold, farmland and other alternative assets”— something unthinkable five years ago.

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, the largest pension fund in the world, is willing to learn more about Bitcoin as a potential diversification tool.