Wealth managers and VCs are helping drive institutional crypto adoption — Wave Financial execs
2022.08.11 16:22
Wealth managers and VCs are helping drive institutional crypto adoption — Wave Financial execs
Two executives at Wave Financial, an asset management firm providing bespoke strategies to high-net-worth individuals and entities, have reported seeing increased institutional demand for crypto products amid the bear market.
Speaking to Cointelegraph at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto on Wednesday, Wave Financial’s head of business development Mike Jones said institutional investment in crypto could be driven by the high end of wealth management firms including Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) looking for ways to allow their clients to get exposure to the space. Jones cited the example of BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) partnering with Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) on Aug. 4, a move that will give users of the asset manager’s institutional investment management platform Aladdin access to crypto trading, custody, prime brokerage and reporting capabilities.
