California Pension Fund Loaded Up on RIOT Shares During Bitcoin’s Q4 Rally

Last quarter, the New Jersey Pension Fund invested heavily in two Bitcoin mining giants. A small step for institutional investors, the move might represent something much bigger. There’s a hunger for Bitcoin exposure at the highest levels, but just owning the asset might be too risky or inconvenient for some of those big players. And, until the US government approves the long-awaited Bitcoin ETF, miners provide a much safer target.  Related Reading | Marathon Digital Holdings Reported A 17% Spike In Bitcoin Mining According to Coindesk: The state-managed pension ended June....

Almost 5 million Swedes have indirect exposure to Bitcoin through the shares held by state pension fund AP7. Almost 5 million Swedish savers have, largely without knowledge of it, indirect exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) via the default government alternative to private savings options on the country’s private pension market. According to local crypto site Trijo News, at least two companies in which the Swedish state pension fund AP7 Såfa owns shares have invested in Bitcoin. Firstly, 0.09% of all shares in Tesla are owned by AP7 Såfa: The former is well-known for its high-profile purchase of....

Board members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) recently took part in a discussion on blockchain technology as part of a broader conversation about future investment opportunities. The meeting is notable given the size of CalPERS, which manages just over $300bn in assets, making it the largest public pension fund of its kind in the US. As previously reported by journalist Brian Cohen, the meeting (which took place in late July) featured a presentation by Jesse McWaters of the World Economic Forum. McWaters provided an expansive look at the current pace of....

American multinational financial services corporation, Morgan Stanley, has predicted that the U.K.’s Pension Protection Fund are likely to record their worst deficit ever. What is the Pension Protection Fund? Set up in April 2005, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) was established to pay a pension to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes if....

RIOT stock was down by as much as 14.4% on Thursday. Shares of Riot Blockchain (RIOT) and other cryptocurrency miners sold off sharply on Thursday, as Bitcoin’s (BTC) gravitational pull on the market continued to broaden. RIOT declined by as much as 14.4% during Thursday’s session, extending its losing streak to four days. The stock has declined 29% over that stretch and is down over 44% from its all-time closing high on February 17.At the time of writing, RIOT had pared most of its daily losses to trade above $43.00. Its market cap currently stands at just under $3 billion. RIOT has....