Morgan Stanley’s Global Investment Committee (GIC) has issued an unexpected recommendation: treat Bitcoin as “digital gold” and allocate up to 4% of suitable portfolios to cryptocurrency exposure.

The action marks one of Wall Street’s most public institutional nods to digital assets yet, emphasizing how crypto is migrating from fringe speculative bets toward mainstream portfolio construction.

Institutional Validation & Allocation Framework

In its October advisory memo, Morgan Stanley explicitly likened Bitcoin to a scarce wealth store, “digital gold”, and signaled that the crypto market has matured enough to warrant modest allocations within diversified portfolios.

The GIC’s guidance is structured by risk profile:

Balanced Growth portfolios are recommended allocations around 2%

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