Norway just crossed a line without meaning to. Its $2.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund, run by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), now carries indirect exposure to 11,549 Bitcoin.
Why Sovereign Funds Prefer Indirect Equity Over Crypto Spot ETFs: The Norway Strategy
Norway just crossed a line without meaning to. Its $2.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund, run by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), now carries indirect exposure to 11,549 Bitcoin.
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Aug 26, 2026 at 2:28 AM UTC · Updated há 5 minutos · 1 min de leitura
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That is up 21.2% in the first half of 2026 and 60.5% over the past year, according to K33 Research. It is the sixth straight reporting period of growth.
Meanwhile, NBIM did not buy a single satoshi to get there. It built the exposure through public equities: companies that hold Bitcoin on their balance sheets.
This is the model worth studying as it reveals how conservative institutions can gain exposure to Bitcoin without buying it directly or using a spot ETF.
Source: K33 Research
Bitcoin moved from $63,859.6 to $79,064.7 over the last 30-day period, a gain of 23.8 percent.
Source: Kraken · NewsLayer Markets · Updated há poucos segundos
The 0.03% Formula
The key number is 11,549 BTC, worth about $725 million, which equals just 0.03% of NBIM’s total assets. Even though its Bitcoin exposure grew, its overall risk actually fell fr…
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