Bitcoin Giant Blockstream Expands into Institutional Investment With Multi-Billion-Dollar Backing

Bitcoin infrastructure supplier Blockstream has formally introduced the launch date for its extremely anticipated institutional-grade Bitcoin funding funds.

Set to go dwell on April 1st, the funds will introduce new Bitcoin-backed lending and funding options, with exterior capital acceptance starting on July 1.

The crypto lending business confronted important turmoil following the collapse of FTX, which led to a wave of bankruptcies amongst main lenders. Nonetheless,  institutional demand for Bitcoin-native monetary merchandise continues to develop.

Blockstream revealed that its new funding automobiles embrace a Bitcoin-backed lending fund, a USD-collateralized borrowing fund, and a hedge fund technique providing institutional publicity to Bitcoin markets.

The lending funds will enable buyers to entry liquidity with out promoting their Bitcoin. Blockstream has secured a multi-billion-dollar funding to assist these initiatives, as first reported by Bloomberg.

Earlier this yr, Blockstream unveiled two institutional funding funds – Blockstream Earnings Fund and Blockstream Alpha Fund – to supply direct publicity to its Bitcoin ecosystem. The Earnings Fund gives USD-denominated yields by issuing Bitcoin-backed loans starting from $100,000 to $5 million.

In the meantime, the Alpha Fund focuses on portfolio development by means of infrastructure-based income streams, corresponding to Lightning Community node operations. These funds mark Blockstream’s enlargement into asset administration, thereby providing institutional buyers new methods to interact with Bitcoin-backed monetary merchandise. The transfer positioned it alongside already established crypto funding companies corresponding to Grayscale, Pantera, and Galaxy Digital.

Moreover, the agency just lately expanded its presence in Asia with the opening of a brand new workplace in Tokyo.