Money managers with zero crypto exposure risk being left behind — Bloomberg s...

Money managers with zero crypto exposure risk being left behind — Bloomberg s...

Crypto has grown to become a $2.7 trillion asset class, with Bitcoin, Ether and DeFi attracting more institutional interest. The career risk surrounding cryptocurrency is shifting to money managers who don’t have exposure to digital assets as opposed to those who are already invested, highlighting a dramatic shift in the institutional acceptance of Bitcoin (BTC) and decentralized finance, according to Bloomberg’s senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone. The November edition of Bloomberg’s Crypto Outlook described 2021 as just another foundation year for the cryptocurrency market, further....


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