How Asset Managers Are Investing in Crypto

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How Asset Managers Are Investing in Crypto

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Asset managers are investing in crypto primarily through regulated products such as spot ETFs, digital asset funds, and tokenized funds, while also investing in blockchain company equity. Most investments are made on behalf of clients, aiming to provide digital asset exposure within existing brokerage, retirement, and advisory structures, thereby increasing accessibility to crypto markets for institutional investors.

Asset managers invest in crypto mainly through regulated products: spot ETFs, digital asset funds, tokenized funds, qualified custodians, and blockchain company equity. Most invest on behalf of clients rather than for their own accounts. Their aim is to deliver digital asset exposure inside the brokerage, retirement, and advisory structures clients already use, with the custody, […]