Author: 21Shares Research

A monthly review of what’s happening in the crypto markets enriched with institutional research on key industry topics in collaboration with Swiss digital asset specialist, 21Shares AG. Wall street giant Morgan Stanley, one of the largest American investment banks, said that it will exclusively offer access to bitcoin-related funds to its wealth management clients. Morgan Stanley’s wealth management unit manages nearly $4 trillion in client assets across more than 16’000 advisors. They effectively become the first major US bank to offer bitcoin exposure, capping investments to as much as 2.5% of total net worth per client. Institutional Adoption Continues As…

A monthly review of what’s happening in the crypto markets enriched with institutional research on key industry topics in collaboration with Swiss digital asset specialist, 21Shares AG. Tesla Added $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin to its Balance Sheet Bitcoin jumped to a record price of over $48,000 as Tesla invested $1.5 billion as stated in the Form 10-K – an annual report required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that gives a comprehensive summary of a company’s financial performance submitted by Tesla: “As part of the policy, which was duly approved by the Audit Committee of our Board…

A monthly review of what’s happening in the crypto markets enriched with institutional research on key industry topics in collaboration with Swiss digital asset specialist, 21Shares AG. The first month of the year 2021 was filled with unforgettable events, which set the tone for the year’s remainder. It would be an understatement to say that this past month didn’t feel like an eventful year akin to 2020. Starting on January 6th with the capitol’s storming carried out by a mob of Trump supporters incentivised by former President Trump himself, they attempted to protest against the wildly-proven and accepted US election…