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Why a Massive 169-Year-Old Insurance Company Just Bought $100M in Bitcoin
MassMutual becomes the latest announced institutional buyer of bitcoin, and this one could be even more significant in terms of precedent.
MassMutual becomes the latest announced institutional buyer of bitcoin, and this one could be even more significant in terms of precedent.
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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch LVL.co.
Today on the Brief:
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- Crypto-friendly CFTC chairman to resign at the beginning of the year
Our main discussion: Why MassMutual bought $100 million in bitcoin and why it matters.
In this episode, NLW looks at recent news that MassMutual had purchased $100 million in bitcoin for its general account, as well as made a $5 million minority investment in $2.3 billion asset manager NYDIG, which helped facilitate the bitcoin purchase. He discusses why insurance company purchases are different than other institutional buyers like MicroStrategy, and why this might be the beginning of a more significant industry trend.
See also: MassMutual Buys $100M in Bitcoin, Bets on Institutional Adoption With $5M NYDIG Stake
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Nathaniel Whittemore
NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.
