Sovereign wealth funds are gaining crypto exposure through Bitcoin ETFs, blockchain firms and VC funds, favoring regulated vehicles over direct token ownership

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After Temasek's $275M FTX write-off, the SWF playbook is career-risk management: buy IBIT, a late-stage blockchain equity, or a VC fund LP interest, not a multisig stuffed with governance tokens. That routes state capital into issuers, custodians, and permissioned RWA rails before it reaches DeFi, with BlackRock's BUIDL sitting around $2.9B.

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