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Title: [2016-03-18] Bitcoin finds room in small funds; large institutions on sidelines
Post by: LiteCoinGuy on March 18, 2016, 03:19:57 PM
Bitcoin finds room in small funds; large institutions still on sidelines

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Digital currency bitcoin has found favor among smaller investors, thanks to the availability of funds designed to invest in it, but remains a niche among the larger investing community.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-finds-room-small-funds-112236949.html


Title: Re: [2016-03-18] Bitcoin finds room in small funds; large institutions on sidelines
Post by: pawel7777 on March 18, 2016, 10:37:22 PM

Not to duplicate topics, here's a link to the original (Reuters) article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bitcoin-investing-idUSKCN0WK18W


Title: Re: [2016-03-18] Bitcoin finds room in small funds; large institutions on sidelines
Post by: aso118 on March 19, 2016, 01:19:07 AM
The article mentions that an estimated 50-90% of bitcoin's current market cap is held by near-institutional money. That is indeed significant. If more institutional money flows in, the market cap would dramatically improve.


Title: Re: [2016-03-18] Bitcoin finds room in small funds; large institutions on sidelines
Post by: pawel7777 on March 19, 2016, 11:21:26 AM
The article mentions that an estimated 50-90% of bitcoin's current market cap is held by near-institutional money. That is indeed significant. If more institutional money flows in, the market cap would dramatically improve.


Sure, but it works both ways, if 'institutional investors' lose interest in Bitcoin, market cap would dramatically fall.


Title: Re: [2016-03-18] Bitcoin finds room in small funds; large institutions on sidelines
Post by: BellaBitBit on March 19, 2016, 05:14:33 PM
The article mentions that an estimated 50-90% of bitcoin's current market cap is held by near-institutional money. That is indeed significant. If more institutional money flows in, the market cap would dramatically improve.


Sure, but it works both ways, if 'institutional investors' lose interest in Bitcoin, market cap would dramatically fall.

Yes and it would be better to see less 'institutional investors' and more individuals and have the same price as today. I feel that individual investors is what will propel this coin.


Title: Re: [2016-03-18] Bitcoin finds room in small funds; large institutions on sidelines
Post by: hv_ on March 19, 2016, 08:05:58 PM
The article mentions that an estimated 50-90% of bitcoin's current market cap is held by near-institutional money. That is indeed significant. If more institutional money flows in, the market cap would dramatically improve.


Sure, but it works both ways, if 'institutional investors' lose interest in Bitcoin, market cap would dramatically fall.

Yes and it would be better to see less 'institutional investors' and more individuals and have the same price as today. I feel that individual investors is what will propel this coin.

Yes and no. I d like to see lots of instis coming in AND running miners as well, they really can afford this and will ensure better mining decentralization what is crucial i.o. to ensure proper trust.