A Japanese corporate pension fund that serves roughly 1,200 small and mid-sized businesses plans to earmark about 1% of its assets to cryptocurrency for fiscal year 2026, according to Nikkei.

The Nationwide Business Corporate Pension Fund, based in Okayama, reportedly intends to gain crypto exposure through a passive investment vehicle managed by a major hedge fund that holds multiple crypto assets. The pension fund manages about 21.3 billion yen (approximately $130 million), per the report.

Key takeaways

• The Nationwide Business Corporate Pension Fund plans an allocation of roughly 1% of assets to cryptocurrency for fiscal year 2026.
• Exposure would reportedly be obtained via a passive fund managed by a large hedge fund holding multiple…