Israeli asset manager doubles its $100M Bitcoin investment in just two months
The firm invested $100M into the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust late last year, it has sold one third and it's holdings are still worth $50M more than the purchase price. Israel's Altshuler Shaham Investment House has doubled its money after tipping $100 million into the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust late last year. It's the only know Israeli institution to have invested this magnitude of funds into Bitcoin so far. The news follows increasing institutional interest in Bitcoin internationally, with reports on March 7 that Chinese tech company Meitu had become the first Hong Kong-listed company to invest....
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