Crypto clients to be on-boarded by Wells Fargo Investment Institute next month

An investment product for its wealthy clients, will soon be opened by Wells Fargo Investment Institute, with President Darren Cronk declaring the firm’s stance that the cryptocurrency space has finally come of age.

Wells Fargo Wealth & Investment Management research division, is in the process of evaluating and onboarding its cryptocurrency investment platform for qualified investors and the research division oversees close to $2 trillion in assets. After the final stages of the due diligence process, the platform is expected to be launched by around mid-June.

Cronk in an interview with Business Insider opined that

“We think the cryptocurrency space has just kind of hit an evolution and maturation of its development that allows it now to be a viable investable asset,” said Cronk in an interview with Business Insider.

As recently as December 2020, Wells Fargo Investment Institute was hesitant to state any interest in the cryptocurrency space, with its head of real asset strategy, John LaForge, telling a media conference that the institute had little interest in crypto.

Cronk said there was still risk involved, referencing a $2 trillion global market cap — which has since shrunk to $1.3 trillion at the time of writing as Bitcoin (BTC) and the cryptocurrency space experience one of the worst bloodbaths in recent memory.

Customer protections and regulations were on Cronk’s mind when he looked ahead to the product launch, noting the still-evolving landscape ahead.

 

 

Leave a Comment