Institutional Investors


Finance

Israeli Pension Giant Put $100M Into Grayscale Bitcoin Trust: Report

Altshuler Shaham made the investment in GBTC in the second half of last year, when bitcoin was trading at around $21,000.

Tel Aviv, Israel

Markets

Will Bitcoin Crash? Not Below $48K, Blockchain Data Suggests

Blockchain data might give traders comfort that prices aren't likely to revisit the end-of-2020 level anytime soon.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Goldman Digital Asset Lead Sees Mergers Ahead for Crypto Infrastructure Providers

As institutional appetite for bitcoin grows, "incumbent banks" will look for ways to satisfy that demand, a Goldman Sachs industry lead says.

Goldman Sachs Tower

Markets

More Institutional Investors Jumping Into Bitcoin Leaves Less to Go Around, Data Shows

Institutions are buying more bitcoin per month than what's being mined, and there just isn't enough for everyone.

Bitcoin's supply squeeze is real.

Markets

Coinbase Institutional, Retail Trading Volume Grew at Equal Rates in 2020

Coinbase's institutional volumes have exceeded retail every quarter since Q2 2019.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

Finance

CrossTower Launches Bitcoin Fund to Compete With Grayscale’s GBTC

The fund is starting out with $20 million in AUM, largely from family offices, and touts lower fees than the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.

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Markets

More Institutional Investors Are Buying Ether, Seeing It as a Store of Value

The ether rally appears to be more organic and driven from within the crypto industry.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)

Markets

Institutions Keep Buying Bitcoin's Dip, Despite Near-term Volatility: Data

Institutions and "whales" have continued their bitcoin purchases, on-chain data shows.

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Finance

eToro Survey Finds Pensions and Endowments Are Finally Waking Up to Crypto

The exchange quizzed 25 institutional players about crypto investing, including a couple of pension funds.

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