What do you do about bitcoin? Nothing, has been the default stance of most institutional and private investors – until recently. The growing interest of adventurous individuals – both lucky and unlucky – has been well documented over the last few years. More significant is the increasing interest from institutional investors. Now BlackRock has given formal notice to US regulators that it will open two of its funds to investing in bitcoin futures. It seems we have reached an inflection point, where a slightly impenetrable fringe asset traded in a wild-westy infrastructure, starts to become mainstream to the point ... (full story)