New 13F filings with the SEC reveal {that a} main pension guide, World Retirement Companions (GRP), is shopping for into US spot Bitcoin ETFs. Bitcoin traders have been eagerly awaiting these SEC filings to gauge the extent of institutional curiosity in Bitcoin ETFs, which launched within the first quarter of 2024.

13F SEC filings require giant US institutional traders with $100 million or extra in property underneath administration (AUM) to reveal their holdings quarterly.

World Retirement Companions (GRP), a retirement consulting agency with over $140 billion in property underneath advisement, holds shares in 7 totally different Bitcoin ETFs and 1 Bitcoin mining ETF, as reported by reported Julian Fahrer on X. This demonstrates a constructive shift in perspective from main conventional consultants towards Bitcoin.

Earlier Q1 2024 filings have proven {that a} numerous vary of traders, together with wealth funds, household workplaces, and banks, have already allotted a portion of their portfolios to numerous Bitcoin ETFs. Notable examples embrace Park Avenue Securities LLC ($9.9 billion AUM), Inscription Capital LLC ($1.3 billion AUM), Wedmonth Non-public Capital ($1 billion AUM), and American Nation Banks ($637 million AUM).

The ETFs present regulated, insured publicity with out the issues of directing custodying the BTC. For pensions and retirement accounts, that is far easier than shopping for precise Bitcoin.

The SEC authorized a number of spot Bitcoin ETFs in early 2024 from issuers like BlackRock, Constancy, and ProShares. These merchandise noticed large early curiosity, with inflows now steadying after billions flowed in.

With trusted consultants like GRP shopping for in, spot Bitcoin ETFs appear more and more normalized for US institutional traders. If this pension adoption pattern continues, the following quarters may even see billions extra move into Bitcoin markets by means of these SEC-registered automobiles.