Japan’s SBI holdings to launch crypto fund: Report

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The fund could reach several hundred million dollars and include bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies.

Japanese financial services group, SBI Holdings, intends to launch a cryptocurrency fund before the end of November, according to a Bloomberg article.

Bloomberg cited Tomoya Asakura, president of SBI affiliate Morningstar Japan K.K., who said that the fund could total several hundred million dollars in bitcoin, ether, XRP, bitcoin cash, litecoin and other cryptocurrencies.
The fund could require an approximately $9,00 to $27,000 minimum investment and target investors who understand cryptocurrency’s volatility and other risks.
“I want people to hold it together with other assets and experience firsthand how useful it can be for diversifying portfolios,” Asakura told Bloomberg, adding that if the fund succeeded, the company would “move quickly” to launch a second one.
SBI needed four years to reach this point, largely because of Japan’s tightening restrictions over cryptocurrency investing.

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