A nationwide Japanese corporate pension fund plans to begin investing in cryptocurrencies during fiscal 2026, allocating about 1% of its total managed assets of roughly 21.3 billion yen.
According to ChainCatcher, the plan was reported by CoinPost.
The fund’s fiscal 2025 asset allocation was 80% in yen, 15% in U.S. dollars, and 5% in other currencies. For fiscal 2026, it plans to reduce the yen allocation to 70% and add a 10% allocation to developed-market currencies. The remaining 5% is expected to be allocated across emerging-market currencies, gold, and cryptocurrencies.
The fund said the shift is intended to diversify currency risk. Executive managing director Aiyu Kiguchi said the fund decided not to increase its U.S. dollar holdings, citing the possibility that the dollar’s role as a benchmark currency could weaken. Instead, it plans to use crypto assets such as Bitcoin as a hedge against currency depreciation, noting Bitcoin’s relatively low correlation with the U.S. dollar index.
The fund said it reached its decision after about six years of research and concluded that the crypto market has become more mature as the investor base has expanded. It also said it will continue studying whether to expand crypto investments, including exploring funds that conduct arbitrage strategies across multiple cryptocurrencies.
Japan Corporate Pension Fund Plans 1% Crypto Allocation in Fiscal 2026
2026-06-23 16:03:56
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