The committee compares Bitcoin to “digital gold”, highlighting scarcity and its potential role within real assets.
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Key Takeaways
- The Global Investment Committee at Morgan Stanley has outlined a 2% to 4% target range for crypto allocations based on investor risk appetite.
- The GIC explicitly likens Bitcoin to digital gold, emphasizing its scarcity-driven investment appeal.
Morgan Stanley’s Global Investment Committee (GIC), which oversees the firm’s strategic asset allocation framework for wealth management clients, has recommended allocating between 2% and 4% of portfolios to crypto depending on investor risk appetite, per a new GIC report shared by Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley.
According to the GIC, crypto is an “emerging, speculative asset class” that has nevertheless matured into a legitimate component of diversified portfolios. The committee refers to Bitcoin as “digital gold.”
Institutional interest in crypto is rising, fueled by strong returns, stabilizing markets, and pro-crypto policy momentum under Trump, as noted in the report.
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