{"id":415909,"date":"2023-07-06T12:22:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T12:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=415909"},"modified":"2023-07-06T22:22:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T22:22:41","slug":"blackrock-ceo-likens-crypto-to-digital-gold-says-bitcoin-may-revolutionise-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/blackrock-ceo-likens-crypto-to-digital-gold-says-bitcoin-may-revolutionise-finance","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock CEO Likens Crypto to Digital Gold, Says Bitcoin May &#8220;Revolutionise Finance\u2019\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said cryptocurrencies are &#8220;digitizing gold\u2019\u2019 and that Bitcoin may help \u2018\u2019revolutionise finance,\u2019\u2019 underscoring why the world\u2019s biggest money manager is striving to launch a landmark spot bitcoin ETF.<\/p>\n<p>Fink\u2019s comments, made in a Fox Business interview on Wednesday, came hard on the heels of the world&#8217;s biggest money manager\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1980994\/000143774923017574\/bit20230608_s1.htm\">application<\/a> on June 15 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF, which ignited a rally in cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin has jumped almost 23% since BlackRock&#8217;s application was filed and <a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-cash-surges-to-one-year-high-could-this-signal-a-bull-run\">Bitcoin Cash<\/a> is up 187%.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let\u2019s be clear, Bitcoin is an international asset, it\u2019s not based on any one currency and so it can represent an asset that people can play as an alternative,\u2019\u2019 Fink said. &#8220;The role of crypto is digitizing gold, in many ways.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"We want to hear from the regulators: Larry Fink\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cX4FvW_Ph_s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blackrock\u2019s clout and its extraordinary record at getting SEC filings approved, which Bloomberg Intelligence puts at 575 wins to just one rejection, has raised hopes of a breakthrough ETF for Bitcoin.\u00a0 The approval of such a vehicle, backed by a pillar of the investment establishment, would be a boost for the nascent asset class.<\/p>\n<p>Other firms rushing to get spot bitcoin ETFs approved include Fidelity, Cathie Wood\u2019s Ark Invest, Invesco, VanEck, and WisdomTree.\u00a0On Friday, the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/blackrocks-bitcoin-etf-application-resubmitted-by-nasdaq-to-sec\">reported<\/a> people familiar with the matter saying that the SEC feels the filings for spot Bitcoin ETFs by BlackRock and others are inadequate and lack clarity and comprehensiveness. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies tumbled on the news before regaining ground.<\/p>\n<p>BlackRock&#8217;s application was <a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/blackrocks-bitcoin-etf-application-resubmitted-by-nasdaq-to-sec\">resubmitted<\/a> earlier this week to include additional details and address concerns raised by the regulator regarding the initial application.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BlackRock CEO Larry Fink compares bitcoin to digital gold as ETF applications at SEC stack up <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4QMVvE6GGR\">https:\/\/t.co\/4QMVvE6GGR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MKTWgoldstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MKTWgoldstein<\/a> A crypto flip flop worthy of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimcramer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jimcramer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Tuttle (@TuttleCapital) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuttleCapital\/status\/1676899640376016896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fink&#8217;s latest comments help complete a remarkable U-turn by a man who back in 2017 described Bitcoin as an &#8221;index of money laundering.&#8221; He told Fox Business that he was previously sceptical because Bitcoin was, in its early days, &#8221;heavily used for, let&#8217;s say, illicit activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>BlackRock Believes in Digitizing Assets<\/h3>\n<p>Fink went on to say that BlackRock, which has funds of about $9 trillion under management, believes in digitizing assets and aims to make investing in cryptocurrencies cheaper and more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope our regulators look at these filings as a way to democratize crypto,\u2019\u2019 he said. &#8220;We do believe that if we can create more tokenization of assets and securities &#8212; and that&#8217;s what Bitcoin is &#8212; it can revolutionise again finance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/buy-cryptocurrency\/buy-bitcoin\/bitcoin-etf\">Best Bitcoin ETFs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/buy-cryptocurrency\/buy-bitcoin\">How to Buy Bitcoin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"background-color: var(--bs-body-bg);font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);font-size: var(--bs-body-font-size);font-weight: var(--bs-body-font-weight);text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align)\" href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/blackrock-sec-showdown-on-bitcoin-etf-holds-promise-for-crypto-spring\">BlackRock, SEC Showdown on Bitcoin ETF Holds Promise for Crypto Spring<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fin-excerpt\">BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said cryptocurrencies are &#8220;digitizing gold\u2019\u2019 and that Bitcoin may help \u2018\u2019revolutionise finance,\u2019\u2019 underscoring why the world\u2019s biggest money manager is striving <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/blackrock-ceo-likens-crypto-to-digital-gold-says-bitcoin-may-revolutionise-finance\" title=\"BlackRock CEO Likens Crypto to Digital Gold, Says Bitcoin May &#8220;Revolutionise Finance\u2019\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1933,"featured_media":412821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7596],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-415909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v23.8) - 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