Coinbase Has Unusually Big Plans For $600B Australian Pension Funds

American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. plans on maximizing the potential demand for Australia's $600 billion and growing self-managed pension niche. In light of this, the United States Exchange is working on launching a service that caters to this growing demand.

Coinbase to Ride on Aussie Crypto Loophole

Asia Pacific Managing Director at Coinbase John O'Loghlen confirmed that the service is under development. According to a report from the Australian Taxation Office, this portfolio encompasses about a quarter of Australia's $2.5 trillion pension system with A$1 billion, equivalent to $664 million, allocated to digital assets.

A potential jump in the price of Bitcoin as well as the growing inflows could contribute to pushing the crypto assets held within these self-managed pension funds to hit a milestone. Meanwhile, Australian institutional money managers have exhibited their lack of interest in crypto assets over time. Their stance is largely influenced by the scandals and risk of volatility attached to the asset class.

During an interview, the Coinbase executive stated that "Self-managed super funds might just make a single allocation and set it and forget it." "We are working on an offering to service those clients really well on a one-off basis — to have them trade with us and stay with us," he added.