South Korea's $884B Pension Fund Gets Bitcoin Clearance

South Korea Clears Path for $884B Pension Fund Bitcoin Allocation

South Korea's National Pension Service, managing $884 billion in assets, just received presidential clearance to allocate funds into Bitcoin. This isn't speculation or rumor—it's official national policy that could trigger the largest institutional Bitcoin purchase in history.

The move signals a seismic shift in sovereign wealth strategy. When pension funds managing nearly a trillion dollars start eyeing Bitcoin as a legitimate asset class, it validates what maximalists have argued for years: Bitcoin isn't just digital gold, it's becoming essential infrastructure for institutional treasury management.

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