Korea's $1.35 Trillion Pension Fund Posts Record 27% Return — With Zero Bitcoin

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) posted a record 27.22% investment return in the first half of 2026, driven almost entirely by a historic domestic stock rally tied to the AI boom. Bitcoin, by contrast, played no meaningful role in that result, exposing a sharp divide between traditional and digital growth assets. AI, Not Crypto,