Beyond Bitcoin exposure, BlackRock has expanded into tokenized funds: its USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, known as BUIDL, became the world\u2019s largest tokenized fund last year after surpassing $2 billion in assets under management (AuM).<\/p>\n
Fink singled out tokenized products and stablecoin operations as major pillars of the firm\u2019s strategy, disclosing that BlackRock manages $65 billion of stablecoin reserves and nearly $80 billion of digital-asset exchange-traded products (ETPs).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those figures, the executive said, reflect how BlackRock has moved quickly to establish institutional-quality offerings in the digital markets.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the CEO argued that tokenization has the potential to \u201cupdate the plumbing of the financial system,\u201d broadening access to investments in the same way the internet expanded commerce in the 1990s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
BlackRock CEO Warns US Risks Losing Crypto Lead<\/h2>\n
Citing research from Juniper, Fink noted that about half the world\u2019s population already carries a digital wallet on their phone, and suggested that those same wallets could one day be used to invest in diversified portfolios as easily as sending a payment.<\/p>\n
Fink painted tokenization as a generational opportunity and warned of strategic risk if the US falls behind. Last year, he urged faster adoption of digitization and tokenization, arguing that other nations could overtake the US if it lags.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the same time, the BlackRock CEO pushed back on skeptics like Warren Buffett who dub Bitcoin \u201cworthless,\u201d characterizing the asset instead as one that people hold for reasons tied to insecurity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou own bitcoin because you\u2019re frightened of your physical security. You own it because you\u2019re frightened of your financial security,\u201d he wrote in its shareholders letter, adding that a longer-term rationale for holding Bitcoin is protection against the debasement of financial assets driven by fiscal deficits.<\/p>\n
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At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $69,420, down 2% over the last 24 hours and down 7% over the last seven days, amid a broader market sell-off on Tuesday.\u00a0This follows last week’s rejection at the $76,000 resistance level, which the cryptocurrency failed to surpass.<\/p>\n
Featured image from the Wall Street Journal, chart from TradingView.com\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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