Asset management giant Black RockWith more than $10 trillion in assets under management, has published A new report Touting Bitcoin as a unique portfolio diversifier, this marks the latest adoption of Bitcoin by the world’s largest asset manager.
BREAKING: 🇺🇸 $10 TRILLION financial giant BlackRock released a comprehensive report on #Bitcoinsaying that it is a unique diversifier.
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Earlier this year, BlackRock launched a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (IBIT)quickly becoming one of the most successful ETF launches in history. The Bitcoin ETF now has over $21 billion in assets under management.
CEO of BlackRock Larry Fink It also recently changed its skeptical stance on Bitcoin, admitting that it was “wrong” to dismiss it. The firm has consistently published research explaining Bitcoin’s potential role for investors.
He New report He explains that while volatile, Bitcoin is fundamentally separate from other asset classes in the long term. He argues that Bitcoin adoption is dependent on global concerns about monetary stability, geopolitics, fiscal policy, and political stability – the inverse of traditional “risk assets.”
“Bitcoin, as the first decentralized, non-sovereign monetary alternative to achieve widespread global adoption, has no traditional counterparty risk, is not dependent on any centralized system, and is not driven by the fortunes of any one country,” the report said.
As mainstream traditional financial players like BlackRock increasingly embrace Bitcoin, its reputation and adoption are likely to accelerate, making it a more popular currency. BlackRock’s continued pro-Bitcoin stance reflects growing acceptance by global financial institutions.
