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The CIO of $230B AUM Guggenheim Just Called for $400,000 BTC

A recap of 5+ insanely bullish stories that got buried in the bitcoin price action.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:45 a.m. Published Dec 17, 2020, 8:00 p.m.
Breakdown 12.17 - insanely bullish bitcoin stories

A recap of 5+ insanely bullish stories that got buried in the bitcoin price action.

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With so much focus on bitcoin’s record-setting price run, a number of huge (and hugely bullish) stories have gotten comparatively short shrift. In this episode, NLW looks at:

  • Ruffer LLP’s $744 million bitcoin buy
  • Hedge Funder Alan Howard and One River’s $1 billion digital assets bet
  • Northern Trust getting into crypto custody
  • Guggenheim Partners’ CIO calling for $400,000 BTC
  • CoinDesk sister company Grayscale as the fastest-growing asset manager in history?

See also: Coinbase Files for IPO

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