AIMCo, one of Canada's largest institutional investment managers, has disclosed a $219 million stake in the crypto middleware protocol Strategy. This marks one of the most significant direct investments by a sovereign wealth fund in the sector. The investment is part of AIMCo's strategic focus on the tokenization of real-world assets and automated liquidity provision, aiming to leverage KYC/AML-compliant yield opportunities.The Strategy platform is designed to facilitate institutional access to compliant yield opportunities, with its governance and equity structure benefiting from transaction fees generated by institutional capital inflows. Analysts suggest this move serves as a hedge against declining returns in traditional fixed-income markets. AIMCo's decision, managing approximately CAD 160 billion in assets, indicates a growing acceptance of DeFi's technological and regulatory risks among major fiduciaries. This investment could potentially influence other Canadian and international pension funds to explore similar opportunities, accelerating the adoption of decentralized ledgers in global capital management.