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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Pension funds bringing money to Bitcoin.
by
kryptqnick
on 15/02/2019, 14:33:59 UTC
It is really interesting that at last some pension funds have wet their feet in cryptocurrency investing. Someone is going to be very happy or very pissed off in the future. What do you think of this? It is really a breakthrough for crypto as an investment?
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-12/first-u-s-pension-funds-take-the-plunge-on-crypto-investing
I don't know for sure how pension funds work in the US, because in my country it's a governmental organization that is responsible for all of the pensions. I guess in this country it's different, and you probably choose your fund (like a health insurance). What I am wondering about is whether people have their voice in that and whether the fund has any guarantees. Say person A has been paying a pension fund X for a couple of years now. This person expects certain amount of money back after retirement, right? So if suddenly the fund X decided to invest in Bitcoin, will the person X receive some guaranteed pension in the future or does it depend on the price of Bitcoin now?
I agree with bitfocus that it's better to have more stability in such important areas and not risk with money of an already vulnerable group.