{"id":150261,"date":"2021-01-08T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pension-funds-are-getting-in-on-bitcoin-according-to-grayscale\/"},"modified":"2021-01-08T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:30:00","slug":"pension-funds-are-getting-in-on-bitcoin-according-to-grayscale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pension-funds-are-getting-in-on-bitcoin-according-to-grayscale\/","title":{"rendered":"# Pension funds are getting in on Bitcoin, according to Grayscale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Pension funds are getting in on Bitcoin, according to Grayscale  <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjEtMDEvZDk0YTE2NDItYzA2NC00M2ZhLWJmNGEtYjYxODRiNjlhZmMyLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5a136f3a>Grayscale\u2019s newly-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed CEO Michael Sonnenshein told Bloomberg Thursday that pension funds and endowments are investing actively into the Grayscale family of funds. <\/p>\n<p>He <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-01-07\/grayscale-holds-over-3-of-bitcoin-sees-pension-fund-interest?sref=2NXlthj2\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/www-bloomberg-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/www.bloomberg.com\/amp\/news\/articles\/2021-01-07\/grayscale-holds-over-3-of-bitcoin-sees-pension-fund-interest\">explained<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019ve started to see participation not just from the hedge fund segment, which we\u2019ve long seen participation from, but now it\u2019s recently from other institutions, pensions and endowments [&#8230;] The sizes of allocations they are making are growing rapidly as well.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Grayscale has been at the center of the Bitcoin buying spree and now holds roughly 3% of the BTC in circulation. The fund manager continues to accumulate large positions in the digital asset as more institutional investors seek exposure to Bitcoin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its total assets under management, or AUM, have eclipsed $27 billion across ten different products. The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust remains by far its most popular product with over $23 billion in AUM. Grayscale\u2019s Ethereum trust is currently valued at around $3.6 billion, while its Digital Large Cap Fund holds nearly $339 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">01\/07\/21 UPDATE: Net Assets Under Management, Holdings per Share, and Market Price per Share for our Investment Products.<\/p>\n<p>Total AUM: $27.4 billion<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BCH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BCH<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETC<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZEN&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ZEN<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24LTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$LTC<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24XLM&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$XLM<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24XRP&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$XRP<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ZEC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ZEC<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z3Q1EZXGeg\">pic.twitter.com\/Z3Q1EZXGeg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grayscale (@Grayscale) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grayscale\/status\/1347297584545726464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pension funds are following a hoard of institutional buyers who began entering the Bitcoin market in 2020. A survey conducted by Fidelity Investments last year <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-06-09\/fidelity-says-a-third-of-large-institutions-own-crypto-assets\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/www-bloomberg-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/www.bloomberg.com\/amp\/news\/articles\/2020-06-09\/fidelity-says-a-third-of-large-institutions-own-crypto-assets\">found<\/a> that 36% of financial institutions across the U.S. and Europe said they own cryptocurrencies or derivatives. Over a quarter of the respondents reported holding Bitcoin, while 11% said they own Ethereum. <\/p>\n<p>The institutional influx into cryptocurrency and Bitcoin (BTC) is intensifying, according to Grayscale Investments, with pension funds and endowments among the most recent entrants into the space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Grayscale&#8217;s aggressive BTC buying is likely contributing to the digital currency&#8217;s rapid price appreciation. With more Bitcoin taken out of circulation, the already scarce asset is becoming even more difficult to come by. Sonnenshein explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis is a verifiable scarce asset and so when there are mechanisms that are removing them from circulation, that\u2019s inherently making it an even scarcer asset.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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He explained: \u201cWe\u2019ve started to see participation not just from the hedge fund segment, which we\u2019ve long seen participation from, but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2021-01\/d94a1642-c064-43fa-bf4a-b6184b69afc2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74862,74937,74863,76550],"class_list":["post-150261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-price","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-grayscale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}