英国首个养老基金直接投资比特币

养老金专家卡特赖特周一宣布，它已成功引导英国一位未透露姓名的客户对比特币进行了大量投资。

A UK pension fund has made a direct investment in apex cryptocurrency Bitcoin, marking the first move of its kind in the nation, pension advisory firm Cartwright announced on Monday.

养老金咨询公司 Cartwright 周一宣布，英国一家养老基金已直接投资顶级加密货币比特币，这在英国尚属首次。

The undisclosed fund allocated 3% of its £50 million ($65 million) to BTC in October following “lengthy consultations with the scheme’s trustees, where ESG, investment case, and security were all addressed at length,” Glenn Cameron, head of digital assets at Cartwright told Corporate Advisor.

数字资产主管 Glenn Cameron 表示，在“与该计划的受托人进行了长时间的磋商，并详细讨论了 ESG、投资案例和安全问题”之后，该未公开的基金于 10 月份将其 5000 万英镑（6500 万美元）中的 3% 分配给了 BTC卡特赖特告诉企业顾问。

What makes this investment particularly noteworthy is that the pension fund is actually investing in Bitcoin itself rather than a proxy such as a spot BTC ETF. The report reveals that the private key is divided between five separate institutions.

这项投资特别值得注意的是，该养老基金实际上投资的是比特币本身，而不是现货 BTC ETF 等替代品。该报告显示，私钥被分配给五个不同的机构。

Cartwright said it made the recommendation owing to Bitcoin's long-term returns. According to CoinGecko data, the top crypto has soared by almost 100,000% since 2013.

卡特赖特表示，做出这一建议是因为比特币的长期回报。根据 CoinGecko 数据，自 2013 年以来，顶级加密货币已飙升近 100,000%。

According to Sam Roberts, the firm's director of investment consulting, Bitcoin is well suited to the scheme’s 10-year investment horizon.

该公司投资咨询总监 Sam Roberts 表示，比特币非常适合该计划的 10 年投资期限。

“Trustees are increasingly looking for innovative solutions to future-proof their schemes in the face of economic challenges,” Roberts posited. This Bitcoin allocation is a strategic move that not only offers diversification but also taps into an asset class with a unique asymmetric risk-return profile.”

罗伯茨表示：“面对经济挑战，受托人越来越多地寻找创新的解决方案，以确保他们的计划能够面向未来。”这种比特币配置是一项战略举措，不仅提供了多元化，而且还利用了具有独特的不对称风险回报特征的资产类别。”

Roberts went on to say that he hoped the “strategic move” would be emulated by others.

罗伯茨接着表示，他希望这一“战略举措”能够被其他人效仿。

“We are proud to have led this groundbreaking move,” he declared, “which we hope will be the start of a trend for institutional investors in the UK to catch up with their increasing number of peers and competitors around the world who are already taking advantage of Bitcoin’s unique attributes.”

他宣称：“我们很自豪能够引领这一突破性举措，我们希望这将成为英国机构投资者追赶世界各地越来越多的同行和竞争对手的趋势的开始。充分利用比特币的独特属性。”

Cartwright further stated that it anticipates institutional Bitcoin adoption to be similar to when pension schemes started purchasing equities in the 1970s. It might be painfully slow at first, but then, ultimately, it would become a bad idea not to allocate the asset to a portfolio.

Cartwright 进一步表示，预计机构比特币的采用将类似于 20 世纪 70 年代养老金计划开始购买股票时的情况。一开始可能会非常缓慢，但最终，不将资产分配到投资组合将成为一个坏主意。

Cameron also believes that Bitcoin’s unique asymmetric return profile indicates that even a small allocation can considerably improve financial performance.

卡梅伦还认为，比特币独特的不对称回报特征表明，即使是少量分配也可以显着改善财务绩效。

Institutional adoption of Bitcoin has skyrocketed across the globe, specifically in the United States, following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s historic greenlighting of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in January.

继美国证券交易委员会 (Securities and Exchange Commission) 一月份历史性地批准现货比特币交易所交易基金 (ETF) 后，比特币在全球范围内的机构采用量猛增，特别是在美国。

These novel investment vehicles allow traditional investors to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency through stock-like shares on regulated exchanges without the hassle of storing the asset.

这些新颖的投资工具允许传统投资者通过受监管交易所的类似股票来获得加密货币的投资，而无需存储资产的麻烦。

The funds were introduced by Wall Street giants, including BlackRock and Fidelity, and have so far collectively accumulated over 1 million BTC — fast closing in on Satoshi Nakamoto’s stack.

这些基金由包括贝莱德和富达在内的华尔街巨头推出，迄今为止已累计积累了超过 100 万比特币，迅速逼近中本聪的筹码。