If a tree falls: How committees perceive cryptocurrencies' 'Tinkerbell Effect'

Belief in Bitcoin is one thing - acceptance is another

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I write my latest entry while listening to the excellent Fund Boards Council iNED Bootcamp event.

What can I draw from these insights? Some common denominators include appreciating that diversification remains key to asset allocation; the schism in bond markets; that the appreciation of risk is generational post the Global Financial Crisis; and that allocators are now facing new forms of assets such as crypto. Adviser receives online abuse and death threats after launching anti-crypto petition Safe in our asset management bubble, it would be easy to remain aloof to the seismic shifts we have seen in finance, be it Reddit uprisings or the soaring prices of Bitcoin.  As we head i...

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