
Amundi Lifts MicroStrategy Stake 148% in Bitcoin Proxy Bet
Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager with $2.9T under management, raised its MicroStrategy holdings 148% to 1.32M shares, a leveraged proxy for Bitcoin.
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Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager with $2.9T under management, raised its MicroStrategy holdings 148% to 1.32M shares, a leveraged proxy for Bitcoin.

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