U.K.-based Ruffer Investment Management has been able to quickly turn its bitcoin that is current investment a $750 million profit.

Having purchased in, Ruffer’s investment supervisors took earnings in December and January due to the fact cryptocurrency significantly more than doubled to around $40,000, based on a Telegraph cash report Tuesday november.

“We’ve been amazed by just how well it offers done and exactly how quickly. We didn’t expect fireworks which can be immediate” Duncan MacInnes, co-manager of Ruffer Investment told the magazine.

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As CoinDesk reported, the investment firm invested 2.5% of its $27 billion portfolio into bitcoin (BTC, +2.92%) back in, making its purchase via One River Digital and Coinbase november.

MacInnes said the 2.5% allocation had been made across all Ruffer’s funds, costing around $600 million.

As prices soared, the company opted to get its investment that is initial and $650 million in revenue. “We still have actually around $700 million kept in and generally are presently up by $750 million general,” said MacInnes.

The investor said Ruffer has been bitcoin that is following a few years and once was skeptical associated with cryptocurrency. That’s all changed now, nonetheless, MacInnes stated: “The economic environment for bitcoin at this time could not be better.”