Your first link illustrates my point; the Wisconsin pension fund disclosed their Bitcoin investment. I see a lot of speculation that other funds are, but no hard facts about it. If it is happening, it is super early. Here is a link from Fidelity stating that many funds are “thinking” about it:
It may happen on a broad scale (and I hope it does, I can use another 10x gain), but it’s not there yet. If it happens, they will do it cautiously. The last thing they want is regulatory scrutiny for destroying a pension fund in the next exchange token crash.
Your second link also doesn’t say what you think it does. It’s a link to a digital tech consulting company, who seems to have a vested interest in pushing crypto into the mainstream. Even then, the link is not about these banks investing in Crypto, but about banks figuring out how to provide custody services to retail customers. OG Crypto Bros self-custody, of course, but that involves a bunch of steps that the general public doesn’t want to bother with.
but about banks figuring out how to provide custody services to retail customers.
Opening a consulting firm to help implement this a bold business move, considering the FDIC doesn’t insure crypto and the FRB presumptively prohibits state member banks and their subsidiaries from holding most crypto-assets as principal.
Your first link illustrates my point; the Wisconsin pension fund disclosed their Bitcoin investment. I see a lot of speculation that other funds are, but no hard facts about it. If it is happening, it is super early. Here is a link from Fidelity stating that many funds are “thinking” about it:
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/fidelity:-pension-funds-exploring-bitcoin-investments-on-etf-approval
It may happen on a broad scale (and I hope it does, I can use another 10x gain), but it’s not there yet. If it happens, they will do it cautiously. The last thing they want is regulatory scrutiny for destroying a pension fund in the next exchange token crash.
Your second link also doesn’t say what you think it does. It’s a link to a digital tech consulting company, who seems to have a vested interest in pushing crypto into the mainstream. Even then, the link is not about these banks investing in Crypto, but about banks figuring out how to provide custody services to retail customers. OG Crypto Bros self-custody, of course, but that involves a bunch of steps that the general public doesn’t want to bother with.
So, dont jump the gun on this.
Opening a consulting firm to help implement this a bold business move, considering the FDIC doesn’t insure crypto and the FRB presumptively prohibits state member banks and their subsidiaries from holding most crypto-assets as principal.