BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Talks Up Crypto Demand From Gold Investors
The CEO of $8.5 trillion asset manager BlackRock (BLK) said “more and more” gold investors have been asking about the role of crypto over the last five years.
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Setting Boundaries: Defining Active and Passive Management for Crypto
From single-token buy-and-hold to quantitative management, we compare the pros and cons of 3 different approaches to crypto investing.
Want a Spot Market Bitcoin ETF? Then Deal With the Consequences
On the former point, Coinbase is not the largest spot bitcoin exchange. It currently sees somewhere around 2.5% of global daily trading volume, according to BTC/USD trading pair data from CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap. You can quibble about the details, bitcoin trading exchange volumes could also include trading pairs between many currencies, crypto or otherwise.
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Application Takes Surveillance to the Next Level
An Information-Sharing Agreement, which appears to be absent from public spot Bitcoin ETF filings, compels a crypto exchange to share trading data up to and including personal information such as a customer’s name and address.
BlackRock CEO’s Turnabout on Bitcoin Elicits Cheers, Skepticism of Crypto Cred
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s change of heart on bitcoin could make it easier for fellow Wall Street executives to embrace cryptocurrencies, but experts warn that his favored financial instrument – the exchange-traded fund, or ETF – is an investment vehicle that’s categorically different from the core idea behind digital assets, and could push the industry in the wrong direction.
Thank BlackRock’s Clients For Larry Fink’s Change Of Heart
BlackRock’s CEO once called Bitcoin an “index of money laundering.” Now he’s changed his tune.
Will 2023 Be the Year of the Bitcoin ETF?
Excitement over the hoped-for approval of a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund is back again. This time, financial giant BlackRock’s entrance to the race for an ETF has spurred hope that the Securities and Exchange Commission will approve the long-awaited product, a decade after the crypto industry first sought to launch a bitcoin ETF.
Coinbase Will Be Surveillance Partner for Fidelity, Other Bitcoin ETFs, Refiled Applications Say
Cboe’s BZX Exchange named crypto exchange Coinbase as the market for its surveillance-sharing agreement when it refiled its bitcoin exchange-traded fund application on TKday.
ARK Amends Spot Bitcoin ETF Filing to Include Surveillance Sharing, Similar to BlackRock
ARK’s application may now be in pole position to be approved first as as it was filed earlier than BlackRock’s.
Bitcoin Hits One-Year High, Soars Past $31.3K
The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has been surging this week after three financial services giants filed applications for spot bitcoin ETFs.