Bullish Crypto News for 15.2M Investors Who Use the Acorns App
Acorns — which has an estimated 15.2 million users and $15 billion in assets under management — says its customers can allocate a percentage of their portfolio to a BTC exchange-traded fund.
Explaining the rationale behind its decision, the company said BTC gives investors the opportunity to diversify their holdings — and claimed cryptocurrencies and the stock market have a low correlation. (However, BTC and the Nasdaq 100 have traded in lockstep for most of this year.)
Setting out its new stance in a manifesto, Acorns revealed it has been keeping its eye on cryptocurrencies since it went mainstream — with executives asking themselves whether BTC would be beneficial for the "financial wellness" of their users in the long run.
Noting that Bitcoin is volatile — doubling its value in 2021 but erasing most of these gains in January 2022 alone — Acorns explained that it believes the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, which offers exposure to BTC futures, is the best approach
Explaining the rationale behind its decision, the company said BTC gives investors the opportunity to diversify their holdings — and claimed cryptocurrencies and the stock market have a low correlation. (However, BTC and the Nasdaq 100 have traded in lockstep for most of this year.)
Setting out its new stance in a manifesto, Acorns revealed it has been keeping its eye on cryptocurrencies since it went mainstream — with executives asking themselves whether BTC would be beneficial for the "financial wellness" of their users in the long run.
Noting that Bitcoin is volatile — doubling its value in 2021 but erasing most of these gains in January 2022 alone — Acorns explained that it believes the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, which offers exposure to BTC futures, is the best approach