{"id":31277,"date":"2020-11-04T20:31:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T18:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=31277"},"modified":"2025-08-28T02:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:52:12","slug":"multimillionaire-club-invested-in-bitcoin-on-the-eve-of-the-u-s-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/multimillionaire-club-invested-in-bitcoin-on-the-eve-of-the-u-s-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Multimillionaire Club Invested in Bitcoin on the Eve of the U.S. Presidential Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Tiger 21, a club for high-net-worth individuals with assets of at least $100 million, invested in Bitcoin, silver, and gold-mining stocks as a hedge against a Biden victory in the U.S. presidential election. The story is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-11-03\/election-2020-tiger-21-millionaire-club-investors-are-election-proofing-assets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Against the backdrop of near-zero rates on debt markets and the prevailing uncertainty, many are increasing their holdings of gold and Bitcoin,&#8221; said Avi Weintraub, president of The Weintraub Companies, a real estate firm, and head of the Miami chapter of Tiger 21.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He explained that members of the club prefer acquiring shares of gold-mining companies and ETFs, rather than physical gold.<\/p>\n<p>According to Weintraub, investors who ignored Bitcoin eight months ago are now paying close attention to media coverage devoted to comparing gold with the first cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We don\u2019t know where this topic is headed. It may be warranted, it may be madness, or something in between. So why not add a small portion [Bitcoin] to the portfolio? It\u2019s, in a sense, insurance,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to evaluating investment opportunities, the group considered estate-planning aspects, as a Trump defeat and stronger Democrats in Congress could lead to tax reforms.<\/p>\n<p>The Tiger 21 (The Investment Group for Enhanced Results in the 21st Century) was founded in 1999 as an educational network for wealthy investors. It counts more than 500 members, with assets under management totaling $50 billion.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this year, Nasdaq-listed MicroStrategy became the first public company, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-becomes-the-first-nasdaq-listed-company-to-invest-part-of-its-capital-in-bitcoin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">having invested<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> part of its capital in Bitcoin. Later its CEO Mike Saylor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-chief-pledges-not-to-sell-bitcoin-for-a-century\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the MicroStrategy team plans to store the purchased cryptocurrency for 100 years. He also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-chief-executive-says-private-firms-will-move-into-bitcoin-in-coming-months\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">predicted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that in coming months the first cryptocurrency will be chosen by other private companies.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In October, the payments company Square, led by Jack Dorsey,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/square-invested-50-million-in-bitcoin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a purchase of Bitcoin worth $50 million. Its example was followed by the asset manager <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/stone-ridge-holdings-group-nydigs-parent-buys-10000-btc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stone Ridge Holdings Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the London Stock Exchange-listed fintech group <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/british-fintech-group-mode-global-holdings-to-shift-up-to-10-of-capital-into-bitcoin\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mode Global Holdings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Bitcoin Treasuries, the volume of investments by public companies in the first cryptocurrency<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/grayscale-crypto-funds-rise-by-300m-in-a-single-day\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">surpassed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $10 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Tiger 21, a club for high-net-worth individuals with assets of at least $100 million, invested in Bitcoin, silver, and gold-mining stocks as a hedge against a Biden victory in the U.S. presidential election. 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