4,000 Institutional Funds in Germany Can Now Invest 20% of Portfolios in Cryp...

4,000 Institutional Funds in Germany Can Now Invest 20% of Portfolios in Cryp...

Around 4,000 institutional funds with almost 2 trillion euros in assets under management in Germany can now invest 20% of their portfolios in cryptocurrency, including bitcoin. The highly anticipated Fund Location Act (Fondsstandortgesetz) went into effect on July 1 in Germany. The German federal parliament, the Bundestag, cleared the legislation on April 22. Under this law, new and existing domestic special funds (Spezialfonds) are permitted to invest up to 20% of their portfolios in crypto assets, like bitcoin. There are approximately 4,000 such special funds covered by this....


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