BREAKING: $235 Billion U.S. Mutual Life Insurance Company Makes Major Bitcoin Bet

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. has acquired $100 million worth of Bitcoin, according to a Dec. 10 report by The Wall Street Journal. 

MassMutual now also holds a $5 million stake in New York Digital Investment Group, the crypto asset management firm that was responsible for carrying out the purchase.  

NYDIG founder Ross Stevens claims that a "depreciating dollar" was the main impetus behind the investment.

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