Institutions are all buying Bitcoin, but some say this is planting a landmine in their portfolios.

[Crypto World] Institutions are all buying Bitcoin, but is this thing really reliable? A seasoned finance veteran poured cold water on the idea—don’t treat it as a safe-haven asset; at its core, it’s still a speculative tool.

Look, Bitcoin’s price can crash at any moment. As soon as liquidity tightens, it goes haywire—how is this “digital gold”? Frankly, it’s just a risk asset. If you insist on using it as a hedging tool in your portfolio, you’re just setting a trap for yourself.

What’s even trickier is the contagion path. Now that corporate finance departments and publicly listed companies like MicroStrategy are holding large positions, turmoil in the crypto market can spread to traditional finance through passive funds. People used to think institutional involvement would stabilize coin prices, but now it seems it might do the opposite—the more participants there are, the stronger the cross-market chain reactions become, and the volatility could even increase.

Should you allocate Bitcoin in your portfolio? You need to seriously consider whether you can handle this level of volatility.