Bitcoin Forum

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

There are a lot of people who are going to like this news, especially
that is is deemed as "Institutional Investment".

The article is overall positive and there are some points which are interesting
and give an insight into how institutional investors are thinking.

If I'm old enough and I have pension funds, I'll definitely invest it somewhere so it can sustain some of my needs in the future as long as I don't need the money for the meanwhile. At least these folks has the guts to invest in cryptocurrency, they are re-investing their money which is a wise idea.

Lets all wish them the happiness in the future, I don't want to them to be pissed off because they lost their money's value after investing to crypto. I don't want them to blame crypto one day.

A lot of blockchain related start ups are going to be happy because a major percentage of these funds are going to be invested in those companies. Only a minor percentage will be invested in liquid cryptos. That makes complete sense because pension fund is a serious money and a lot of people are dependent on it. So investing completely in liquid crypto assets will be very risky. Rather it is somewhat safer to invest in the equities of blockchain companies.

Hope this investment effort will be an eye opener for a lot of market regulators who are still skeptical about cryptos.

I agree with that. It believe it is not yet the right time to invest all your pension funds to liquid crypto assets. A very risky and very volatile investments. People are depending on it. So handling this kind of money is no joke at all. But, setting a small percentage might do the trick.

That must be a brave decision they made. As others are feeling. dismayed on the current status of cryptocurrency in general, they have taken a bold step. They must have seen the future potential of cryptocurrency and they don't want to be left behind in not engaging on it. This news will encourage readers to do the same as well.

With the current market this may be a very risky step. If Crypto continues to go down, it will cause everything to fail, and the protesters will get more and more. I hope Crypto will grow again so that every step that can set foot on success is not a failure.

It would be nice to see Institutional Investment into Bitcoin and other crypto currencies, but Institutional Investment have a great responsibility to there investors, assets there can, and will, fall with 50 or 90 every few year are not a secure investment.
However I would like to see my local pension funds invest just 1% into Bitcoin.

Ballsy move tbh. If you are old enough to receive pension funds, chances are there aren't that much companies and organizations willing to employ you, unless you're highly skillful and is a master of your trade, and companies can still see value in you. At that ripe old age, I'd probably be just chilling and won't be looking towards making more money than what I already have (unless the situation's rough and I really need to get extra money.) Not that I'm against what they're doing but given how shaky and volatile bitcoin was in the past decade, I'd just be extremely careful and not waste my chances.

The phrase I liked was the definition of Bitcoin as smart money rather than mere digitized assets, as well as justification for fluctuations in long-term trends.

There was a kind of understanding and acceptance of the nature of this technology away from rapid speculation in order to achieve profits in the short term or long term at the lowest estimate.
We are moving in the right direction.

Yeah it's a brave move, but I think it's a bit too brave, one of my concern is the volatility, crypto could give huge profit or big lost, but for something that is important like pension funds is not too suitable to invest in crypto, but who knows the result if its not being tried, and this could bring a positive growth for crypto, I am excited yet concerned to see what will be the result

There is no difference between Pension fund money being invested into shares and money invested into Crypto currencies. We saw what happened to that Steinhof  ??? shares, when large scale corruption and mismanagement was found in the company. The risk is the same, because companies can fail too. <New technologies replace older technologies and make some industries obsolete.>

Institutional capital also have a diverse portfolio that are subdivided into low risk and medium risk and high risk investments, so they will never collapse if one investment fails.  ;)

If you want to be seen in terms of development, obviously very good means that bitcoin has finally begun to be appreciated, making bitcoin even more trusted. but problems will occur to retire if that happens, because there are still many countries that have not been able to receive and acknowledge crypto. like in my country, it's impossible to happen especially to be invested. so there are still problems because not all countries can admit.

If you have pension for sure you are old person so better to prioritize your medicine and for your future needs and better to use the extra money that you invested. It depends also the pension that you have because they have different pension they have big pension and only a little so if the person have big pension they can invest to the bitcoin.

I think it is very good if pension funds are included in bitcoin, because it will help to invest in the future, and it is very helpful in profitable income going forward.

It's OK for the pension funds to invest in bitcoin,but it won't happen soon,because bitcoin is still considered as "extermely risky" financial asset,despite all the support the current bitcoin price gets.
I don't want the pension funds to invest in bitcoin futures or any other derivatives,because this won't help for btc price increase and mass adoption.

Without a doubt mass adoption is the key to an another all price high, if there would be only one government that will lead the way to do Bitcoin as a payment platform in their daily lives then it would be great to all of us crypto enthusiasts.

It will somehow increase the price of Bitcoin, If it wouldn't help then what would it be?

That is really a brave move! for old people who are very dependent only in their pension funds have the courage to risk their money even though its not a 100% win. They can both earn more money or going to lose all their pension because of market's high volatility. I hope that they can earn and not to lose all their money.

if to lose it depends on how he uses it because if he is a true investor it will definitely not lose because he knows the strategy that will be used if the crypto goes down

You can use a pension fund to invest in crypto, but if you use all your funds it will be a risky choice, and consider the good and bad first.

However, pension funds should not be used as investment material, especially in crypto because you know.... its volatile so this is very unwise decision, People should know that we have to use funds that are considered "worth to lose". When pension funds used in crypto and that investor was loses, other's only can said "I'm sorry to hear that"  ;D

It will be another tough discussion between those who believes and non believers, pension funds can be good for investment but if you are already old enough your priorities is to enjoy life as you already spent most of it working, for those who invested their money how long they will need to wait again, they won't enjoy their money if the bull trend happen after another 5-10yearsagain.

Who ever is going to invest the pension money have to be in old age and still wanted to invest the future money in another more delay then it has to be very risky as how much it will take for market to recover dont know.

There are lot of users who are using their pension funds into crypto, and at the same time there are users who has been regularly saving a small earning in terms of crypto for their future believing the growth of cryptocurrency. Though it has got risk people have positive hope and that's the reason such kind of investments were increasing with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Probably we can soon expect some ico targeting these kind of people.

While I love bitcoin I do not really think that this is such a good idea, pensions funds should concentrate themselves not as much in getting profits but on not getting losses, the volatility of this market could destroy the future of all of those that have their money in the pension funds that invest in this market, can you imagine the outrage that it will produce if some of those pensions funds invest heavily in altcoins only to lose it all?

That is something I really do not want to see.

Yeah wrong in determining steps might destroy your old day Sir. I think some retirees are indeed looking for other ways to generate income when they no longer work, and some of them can just go to bitcoin to invest in it, but we know that bitcoin is at risk, so I hope retirees can know for the allocation of funds

This is a choice, it doesn't hurt when someone fully believes in cryptocurrencies. but what needs to be considered is how the risks that we might get. As we know, cryptocurrencies have a high level of risk, but behind the high risk there is a good opportunity to make a big profit.

pension funds are gambling idiots anyway, let them pay for the lambos of the bitcoin whales, and the miners.

sad thing is that as soon as those idiots will have aquired their lambos they will become outdated already.

That's right, it's a very risky step, maybe those who do it can see enormous potential and are ready to accept all the risks they will face.

I can not comment on how accurate this attempt is. While the risk of investing as much as you can risk is still valid, it is a great risk to wait for all the money until years later. Personally, I would not have taken this risk. In fact, my idea for the future is not Bitcoin, it will be more controllable model.

This is great news and I believe that in future we are going to have more of the kind of fund flowing into the cryptocurrencies market.  Bitcoin is going to replace many financial system because blockchain technology makes things more easily than any other financial system.

In the future, but not in the near future... and we'll have more funds flowing into cryptos but just a little from the pension funds... Those are really strict on the investments, their portfolio only allowes 0,00x% or even less of their money to be invested in high risk assets/things like crypto. So this won't cause high demand for crypto, also those funds will search for crypto connected companies to invest in their shares...

definitely a bold move, but I am against it. education, health-care and pension funds should not be in such volatile field of investment.

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.

For the people who are dependent on their pension, it will be really risky to invest their pension on bitcoin because of its volatility. But it still possible to invest using their pension but "not all" since there's a possibility of either gaining or losing. But I'm hoping it will bring a positive outcome for them.

Pension funds are funds that we rely on to cover our needs in the old ages because at that time we cannot be productive anymore. Saving it in bitcoin is of course very risky because there is no guarantee that the value of our assets when needed will increase or at least the value is still the same. What if at that time our funds dropped dramatically while we could no longer find another job because of an old age? Investment funds and funds to meet needs should not be mixed, must be separate!

I'm sure those guys know what they are doing. Although anyone thinking about their future will be buying bitcoin themselves, one day it will be simple enough for silver surfers to buy too

Crypto is very risky, and before investing must think about profits or losses that will be obtained. And if it becomes your pension, then you must be careful in making choices.

Now there's no legislative base protecting investments in cryptocurrency.The people cannot risk pension savings due to the volatility of the cryptocurrency market ... Although on the other hand it is a positive signal, the community accepts BTC,ETH and other  coins.

Hey, yeah...pension money flowing into Bitcoin and other cryptos is an incredible opportunity for growth of the market. But this is most critical if these funds are actually buying bitcoin via the blockchain. If they're buying via a fund the impact will be less positive for the broader bitcoin community. Buying through a fund allows the fund managers to determine much those investments are funded by actual bitcoin vs. some cash position. It's a common thing that equity fund managers do.

Some may say that this is history repeating itself given that pension funds (in the early 2000s) bought into collateralized debt obligations (speculative investments based off of mortgage portfolios). Some might say the pension money is just going to another speculative investment...and this would be true. But diversification is a good thing too and investing in innovation (as investing in bitcoin is).

The biggest take away from this is the fact that pension managers are WILLING to consider Bitcoin or cryptocurrency as an investment for a pension portfolio. This kind of talk legitimizes cryptocurrency, which just a few short years ago people were calling "ponzi" or "scam" or "fad".

On the whole - this is very, very positive news for us!

The future is good for cryptocurrency but I think its too risky to invest and depend your future retirement with cryptocurrency. I believe on this market but its better for me to diversify my investment and don’t depend on one income only. Retirement/pension fund should be put on the place that is more liquid i think.

Canada: Quebecor World retirees lose half their pension funds
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1016315/regime-retraite-quebecor-world-fonds-pension-imprimerie

United States: Californian pensioners have had their retirement pensions reduced by 60% all at once
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3508645/posts

Pension Crisis Too Big for Markets to Ignore
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-03-24/pension-crisis-too-big-for-markets-to-ignore

Just posting the links, since a lot of people posted how pensions funds are wonderful and super!
Are you guys aware that it's the pension funds that drive the current financial system? The same that we complain about, the same we want to be changed, the reason we use BTC.
Search on the web also to know in what they invest in, you could be quite surprised and you will wonder where is the ethic

Good approach from Pension funds towards realizing the potentials one can get when invest in cryptocurrency for a long term. The government can no longer turn blind eyes against cryptocurrency as they start exploiting its opportunities for their citizens.   

The idea is great. Don't take me as a negative person but I'm afraid that it may be turned into some fraud project in the end, and I truly hope it's just my imagination.

Pension funds in cryptocurrency will surely make a big change on the life. It can go on the negative side as well on positive side. Earlier one of the bitcoin user sold all his properties including his shelter bought back bitcoin. He's lucky to profit big as the price peaked all of the sudden after he made the investment. He risked along with his three children, wife buying bitcoin expecting good return.

According to my concept in US public pension funds . focus on cryptocurrency investment . The first investment of pension funds in virtual currency investment space. Currently   there is no disclosure of the investment terms apart from equity investments in crypto based companies the fund will retain a portion of the value as cryptocurrency like Bitcoins there is a belief in the world institutional that if the industry will be around  for a long time, it will be very valuable the smart money is not distracted by price but looks at the long term trends and believes they are a great way to deliver risk reduced returns .

Is it real? Are really peoples putting their money from pension in cryptocurrencies?
If yes, then they might surely be looking for positive side of cryptocurrencies and might be seeing bitcoins on a great height ahead. Bitcoins are great for even holding for a year or two. Most of the percentage of centralised currencies are being entering the decentralised markets and it should really be good for the cryptocurrency markets.
Also this proves that the demand for cryptocurrencies is rising rapidly as even old aged peoples are been putting their pension money into them. This might surely hike up the price.

I am sure that some people use their pension funds to jump into bitcoin and they use all of the money to buy bitcoin. But I would say that it's not a good idea and I will call that is greediness because we don't know what will bitcoin do in the future. Bitcoin price itself will still fluctuate from time to time, and we cannot expect to see bitcoin can increase higher in one night, and that is impossible.

I will suggest to that person to use 50% of the total of his pension funds to invest in crypto. 30% to invest in bitcoin, and 20% in the altcoin but he needs to know how to pick the right altcoin, so he doesn't pick the wrong coins for the investment. I am sure that he can found the best coin and he can be able to make a big profit for a long-term investment.

This will be a very small percentage indeed. The equivalent of dipping a toe in the water to check the temperature.

it's too risky to bring the pension to crypto, maybe you can only bring funds to crypto 30% believe that bitcoin has a risk. and you have to think about that

It's a very high-risk decision and I appreciate the act of investing very large funds, I think they take advantage of this moment because the price of bitcoin drops to the lowest point and if the only bitcoin rises 10% then the pension fund will also increase

Anyone can put their money in whatever place they want. They just need to do some research and for me, I don't consider this kind of surprising.

Even big companies are into blockchain nowadays.

With the current price of bitcoin that Would be a good sign for crypto market as a whole. The more money flows in crypto the more chance it would goes up and it would be a win win situation to all crypto investor.

This is not as easy as this....
the more money flows in.... but what happen if the money is not enough that flows in? That would cause the price to go still down, so the investors will sell instead of buy...

if you buy a house with a portion of the money after you make a profit with trade, or if you make real smart investments, both possibilities are profitable... but I'm an stupid.. I won a lot of money, but I didn't get anything.. and this year my money melted in the altcoins... Keeping coin only is a gamble.!

don't put all of our pension in bitcoin. this is just to be on guard so that if we get our losses not to shred, because the money we invest is not all but only a part. if we feel we get a profit, we can gradually add our investment.

It is good progress of bitcoin because right now there are many people who believe in the bitcoin as instrument of investment and protect our values of money in the bitcoin, pension funds will increase in couples year later and the manager of it, they know the money will move to the bitcoin for in coming future. So for all of community there is no wrong to make retirement plan on the bitcoin or at least long term investment in the bitcoin.

Yes I must say I share your thoughts. Cryptocurrency is something that would yield a better possibility in the coming future and it's wise that everyone is taking a good position for the future

So many people are going to be happy with the news of pension found being invested into bitcoin and if those pension bord get their members to start using bitcoin like paying them they pension with bitcoin that will really increase the level of bitcoin adaptations and with that it will lead to increase in price of bitcoin.

Crypto can be a profitable investment, but also has risks because of volatile prices, pension funds are for old age and will be very risky if you put all your retirement funds into crypto.

There is a major difference when an institutional investment firm invest in cryptocurrency and investing in crypto based start up companies, they see the viability of the market and the risk factor, by reading the headlines i thought they are investing in crypto currencies and as far as i am aware they will not invest in any high volatile high risk ventures. :)

And there are quite large amounts of investment. This factor is the most important. I believe that big investors will soon come to the market.

Knowing all the risks, as well a part of crypto potencial, this for sure is one of the best moments to join crypto world. Wonder how many people will start cry to have ignored bitcoin and altcoins at the moment, just because we are into bear market, it means there is one extra opportunity to get projects under their real value.

Well.. I expect that national reserves to be composed at least in a small part of Bitcoin and/or other cryptocurrencies in the close future. So why wouldn't pension funds take the first step and invest in them? This is a great thing and I would say - a natural progress to the adoption of crypto.

Pension funds are by nature long term investments and bitcoin has shown by historical figures to have outperformed other major assets such as gold,real estate ,bonds etc. So it makes some logical sense to include in it long termed portfolios such as those of pension schemes.Since they are very volatile at the moment, only a small portion at the moment is dedicated to bitcoins

Bitcoin is just a store of value so it is no surprise to me to see that people are using it for pension funds. I think in the future Individual Retirement Accounts and 401k's will give us investors the power to store Bitcoin as well. I think the blockchain is a great innovation and pension funds all over the planet will have numerous options when it comes to security, transfer, ownership and auditing of securities and investment accounts.

Those funds usually put into different investment and choosing cryptocurrency as one of the investment is indeed a good decision. Its now or never, they will adopt or not its really a choice. The government can’t stop this anyway so for sure they will have own cryptocurrency in the future.

I think this is a good idea. Because when the time that I am get old and I got my pension fund I want to get my personal business and I think all of us will like that. It is a good idea and investment when you are have enough idea to tmdo this kind of business because it is very risky and when you have not enough knowledge you may loss all your pension that you work hard for so many years.

It is a good idea if only part of your pension money goes to bitcoin, just like you said someone will be happy or will be pissed when they found out the value of their pension money decrease just because some whale dumps all his bitcoin. Anyway, IMO bitcoin will not be a wise investment for the long term saving. We all talk like bitcoin gonna be big someday, but we will never know, right?

Positive or negative idea? It much depends on every people. If I were in such a situation like that, i mean that i’m old enough to get pension, definitely I would invest in cryptocurrency but just a portion of it, yep 50% of the pension is okay. Inherently at that time I probably have knowledge, experience, ability and that sort of thing to invest in crypto. The most important things that I get concerned is my health, if it’s good, yep definitely I will. When one is getting older, he tends to find something interesting to focus, and with me maybe I will use my pension to invest in crypto, and maybe this will lead my life better and get rid of boring anyway.

However pension funds should be use as investment, especially in bitcoin because it is safe and good investment, as price of crypto currency is so volatile and it rise and fall very often so we can save our future by investing only small amount of money for long term which will increase and maybe if today you spend only 100 later on it will be more than 10000 after holding.

This will be a big risk to take for them but I'm thinking of too many insurance companies rising out there so the competition for them is also big. We cannot deny the fact that there is money in cryptocurrency, if they are fighting for the survival of their companies then why not widen their options. I'm seeing it like that but to make it happen, that would be a very brave decision for them.

Earlier large number of early adopters have profited good through investing their pension funds on bitcoin. This keeps the technically skilled people the hope and the mind to invest on bitcoin even after understanding the big risk. From my knowledge I find most of the users who with a happy mind took risk are now successful in their life in one way or another.

I think it's great overall, that mainstream institutional investors are looking into cryptocurrencies as a viable investment option. I'm guessing in the future, the young/middle-aged people nowadays that are knowledgeable with cryptocurrencies would be even more comfortable with an investment in this sector, as long as the price of bitcoin remains the same, or shows growth.

I'm assuming that for most of these pension funds, the elderly are being influenced by their children, as I don't see a lot of 60-80-year-olds, who are unfamiliar with the internet, finding their way with crypto.

Institutional investment is never bad, right?

Many pension funds provided by the government are already slowly going bankrupt. They only exist because there's always an influx of new people paying up. It will be enough for them to no longer be forced to pay their pension tax and they will collapse.
Pension funds have to take risks these days because the inflation is making them lose a lot of money.

Exactly.Putting your pension funds in crypto investment is really a risky one so if you have a weak mind,then you will not totally make up the risks.I think it's really a brave decision but having put only a portion of your pension funds might be a good idea too.Even if you lose in the end,it will not make you very desperate knowing you have not put all your funds into it.

I hope they know what they doing, and im afraid they don't.
So this can end really badly for pensionees :P.
When you invest in Bitcoin or crypto in general you should study it hard and even then study some more. Knowledge is power and lack of knowledge could be disaster.

bringing a pension fund to invest in the crypto world is a good step so that '' someone is very happy in the future '', but for beginners you have to do it gradually in order to predict the benefits that you can achieve, this should not be ignored and underestimated so that you do not fall into the category of "someone very angry in the future". because the crypto currency values can change fluaktif

But I will not say that is a good step, because how you will live if you use all of the pension funds in crypto? Although it's promising, we still need to think the next day, how we are going to buy or fills our daily needs if we don't have money? That is for every people who have large money and for people who want to invest in cryptocurrency. Never put all of your money in one investment only, and that is a very good suggestion.

Its not a good idea for me, maybe you could just spend 50% from it but bringing all of your pensions into crypto will certainly be a tough decisions and I'm just afraid of they'll never feel good with crypto, and it possibly will be losing all of it.
Before have a final decision, we should have to think it for many times and there is no regret after.

I don't think retirees will do that, they don't understand technology, their era is not the era of technology. so they won't understand about crypto especially investing in bitcoin. You're right to use all pension funds, of course that things are risky especially if they don't have any more income? they have no backup funds

True . we must first consider the risk not just once or twice but many times before we make a final decision  and yes ,  we must only invest a little or invest only what you can afford to loose because cryptocurrency investments are pretty risky due to thier volatility  . the possibility of loosing is always there but you must accept it and try again harder next time  . loosing is your advanatge to make your self more familliar in the game .

Well, although I am happy to see some development in some areas with regards to their immersion to cryptocurrencies. I am so a little bit concerned because of the fact that pensions are usually used and reserved for future use; for when people who have worked all their lives retire, and it's generally the funding that they would use to go by in their twilight years. My fear is that if cryptocurrency won't prosper or perhaps stagnate, it would have a big impact on one pensioner's or many for that matters future. I am just hoping that there would be balance between utilizing such funds for investment and the reality that one should take good care of their pension as it would be there sustenance once they stop working.

This shows the trust that people have in bitcoin as a store of value. We need more of such news. Really, the future of the cyptocurrency industry is so bright that all we need to do is invest while we can. The revolution is here, the breakthrough is closer than ever

Well that just means one thing guys ::)
More investors in the future, more people taking the opportunity into crypto world and pherhaps a positive green rise of prices as we know it.
Hoping for more to come and thank god the government is thinking about using it for their own future options.

This is very interesting. Normally the pension funds make investments in the least volatile assets, such as the United States treasury bonds and bullion bars. Even mutual funds and stocks are too volatile for them.

"Crypto breakthrough as an investment" in my opinion has a different view of everyone, indeed there are many people who make bitcoin as an investment in the future, but many people also still do not believe in bitcoin and invest it.

If that person has a good perspective on crypto investment, then you can trust it

You can use cryptocurrency investments with pension funds, but before doing so you have to think wisely, because it is a very risky choice.

The pension fund in Bitcoin is not advisable as the cryptocurrency marketplace is known to be very volatile. People's life savings will be gone within a blink of an eye. This risk should not be taken with peoples tomorrow

Your only thinking of the negative effects but you didnt think of the positive effects that bitcoin investment could bring to you . imo pension fund can be a good medium to be used in bitcoin because you will not be using your own cash ( on your pocket )  , that can also lessen your worries and regrets if ever something bad happen on your investment .   and  besides , you will not be investing all your pension funds in bitcoin . instead you can only invest what you can afford to loose  . see ?  No problems at all but you can also expect that your money could grow in the future in the hands of bitcoin .

Decentralized pension fund will certainly be a good one if done right.. It would be great to have it packaged in viable decentralized Nation.
Blockchain is the best to keep funds long term without fear of losing it to hackers or poor economic management

I'm sure that somebody that does that thing is very brave and risk taker.
We know that investing in Bitcoin and other cryptos are full of risks. However, if they are sure and having the right strategy, why not?
Investment in Bitcoin is also actually profitable, however, of course, we need our patient, not instant prints that we will get. sometimes, the risks of losing some money will be always there. However once more, if we have understood the risks, it doesn't matter we will use the pension funds or others in investing Bitcoin.

While it's true that pension funds normally look for very stable investments, I don't think it'd hurt to put a small fraction or percentage into blockchain technology for potential growth. Presumably there are some retirees who are willing to invest in the industry.

If this can be done correctly, placing your investment and aim for much longer term can bring a good outcome, knowing that there's always a good chance that bitcoin will be adopted and will specifically used for payment process, the money that they've going to invest will make a good gained for them after the success of this system, it just needed to be planned well and execute correctly.

This is a good idea. That's just it seems to me that it will be relevant then when the course of Bitcoin is stable or tied to gold, for example.

It's actually a nice idea.
All things been equal , I believe no one will get pissed off for investing in Cryptocurrency in the future because their investment will yield good returns.
The development also fosters mainstream adoption.

Awesome idea! While fiat currencies working against pensioners, btc works for them, so their saving increase in value.

We can be certain it’s a huge step forward. Why not, after all. I would be really pleased. We just have to hope that nothing will happen to crypto, like really serious stuff – turning into scam or something.

I will also invest if i have pension funds maybe in bitcoin and i will hold for long time, i think bitcoin can be now a good option to invest and always people should invest only money they don't need because can take time to get profit.

That is right, and I guess they still prefer to save their money in the bank because the bank still does their jobs to take care of the funds.
But if they are aware of the new technology, I think they will use some of their funds and invest in bitcoin.
But I don't think that is a good idea if they choose to invest all of their money in bitcoin because they need that money for their life.
I think if I knew that person, I would advise him/her to use some of his money to invest in bitcoin and leave the rest in his bank account for another thing he might need in the future.

Placing retirement funds in crypto is a bold decision, but if you put everything in crypto it is too risky because market movements are difficult to predict.

It's great news for bitcoin, and the impact of this adoption over bitcoin price will depend on the pension funds influence and reputation in the economics field. I suspect this is the kind of event which triggered btc pump, and lead to all the speculation that happened right after.
Hopefully more pension funds will adopt bitcoin soon, taking the example of other pension funds which are starting to do this now. Private pension funds are a fertile soil for bitcoin to get more recognition and adopters.

I know some pension funds that do nothing with the contributors money, and that is shocking as the money is just being eaten by inflation! They should put at least a few percentage of the money in btc and other crypto currencies.

I think Crypto is the Best Asset / Cryptocurrency you can hold. I do not care about the price a lot but it has a lot of potentials that I simply can not ignore it at all. even if the market decided to make bitcoin price lower they simply can not. the future of bitcoin is extremely useful for our future generation. Pension Funds can be a risk though as the pension is like a 100% risk-free and guarantied payment every month. which bitcoin simply can not provide.

I do not agree if pension funds are invested in bitcoin, because it is very risky. If the price of bitcoin continues to rise it may not be a problem, but if the price drops rapidly no one can save the pension funds.
So it's better to invest in safer products such as property, bonds or stocks for established companies. Because pensions are money for old days where you can enjoy the results of your struggle while you were working.

No one knows what bitcoin will be like in the future, it is still a very risky investment.  Older people don't have the time to absorb big losses as well so they are better served investing in bonds, gold, and real estate.  Younger people should be investing more in crypto because they can afford to take such risks.