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Altshuler Shaham, the biggest investment house in Israel, has gained exposure to Bitcoin by putting $100 million into the shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), Globes reports.
The transaction took place at the end of 2020, which means that the asset manager has already made a handsome profit of over 100 percent.
Gilad Altshuler, the CEO of the major asset manager, claimed that they bought GBTC shares when Bitcoin climbed above $21,000. When the cryptocurrency hit new highs in early February, it took profits on about a third of the initial investment.
It is currently the only known Israeli institution that has dabbled into crypto.
Global institutional adoption
Institutional adoption of Bitcoin is gaining pace around the globe after the U.S. kickstarted the trend back in 2020, with such big names as Paul Tudor Jones and Stanley Druckenmiller joining the list of the cryptocurrency's proponents.
Last week, Chinese beauty app maker Meitu revealed that it had invested $40 million into Bitcoin and Ethereum.