Larry Fink, the CEO of Blackrock, the world\u2019s largest asset manager with $10.5 trillion in assets under management, has explained why he shifted from skepticism to advocacy for bitcoin, viewing the cryptocurrency as \u201cdigital gold\u201d and a hedge against economic instability. \u201cI believe bitcoin is legitimate,\u201d he emphasized, adding: \u201cI do believe there\u2019s a real need for everyone to look at it as one alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nBlackrock CEO Larry Fink Embraces Bitcoin as \u2018Digital Gold\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Larry Fink, the CEO of the world\u2019s largest asset manager, Blackrock, which oversees trillions of dollars in investments across various asset classes globally, shared his insights about bitcoin and the role of cryptocurrencies in an interview with CNBC on Monday. Blackrock reported nearly $10.5 trillion in assets under management (AUM) in the first quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJim Cramer, host of CNBC\u2019s Mad Money, highlighted Blackrock\u2019s move to allow investments in BTC through a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) and the company\u2019s consideration of an ethereum ETF. He also noted Fink\u2019s unexpected embrace of cryptocurrency, particularly bitcoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was a skeptic. I was a proud skeptic,\u201d Fink responded. \u201cAnd I studied it, learned about it, and I came away saying: \u2018Okay, you know, my opinion five years ago was wrong, here\u2019s my opinions today. This is what I believe in today. I believe in the opportunity today.'\u201d The Blackrock executive stressed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nI believe bitcoin is legitimate.<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
No quiero decir que no haya usos indebidos, como todo lo dem\u00e1s, pero es un instrumento financiero leg\u00edtimo que permite obtener rendimientos no correlacionados o no correlacionados\u00bb, afirm\u00f3 Fink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00abSin embargo, creo que es un instrumento en el que inviertes cuando est\u00e1s m\u00e1s asustado. Es un instrumento cuando crees que los pa\u00edses est\u00e1n degradando su moneda\u2026 con d\u00e9ficits excesivos. Y algunos pa\u00edses lo est\u00e1n haciendo. Creo que tenemos pa\u00edses donde est\u00e1s asustado de tu existencia diaria. [Bitcoin] te da la oportunidad de invertir en algo que est\u00e1 fuera del control de tu pa\u00eds, entonces puedes tener m\u00e1s control financiero. As\u00ed que creo firmemente que el bitcoin tiene un papel que desempe\u00f1ar en las carteras\u00bb, opin\u00f3 el Consejero Delegado de Blackrock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u00abCreo que ser\u00e1 una de las clases de activos que estudiaremos. Yo lo veo como el oro digital\u00bb, a\u00f1adi\u00f3:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\nComo he dicho antes, creo que hay una necesidad real de que todo el mundo lo considere como una alternativa a, yo dir\u00eda, el optimismo que tengo en el mundo.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Larry Fink, consejero delegado de Blackrock, la mayor gestora de activos del mundo, con 10,5 billones de d\u00f3lares en activos bajo gesti\u00f3n, ha explicado por qu\u00e9 pas\u00f3 del escepticismo a la defensa del bitcoin, considerando la criptomoneda como \u00aboro digital\u00bb y una cobertura contra la inestabilidad econ\u00f3mica. \u00abCreo que el bitcoin es leg\u00edtimo\u00bb, subray\u00f3, a\u00f1adiendo: … Continue reading \u00abLarry Fink, consejero delegado de Blackrock, explica por qu\u00e9 todo el mundo deber\u00eda tener en cuenta el bitcoin en sus carteras\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,164,163,162,62],"tags":[11,159,155,23,160,158,161],"class_list":["post-1626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin","category-blackrock","category-etf","category-inversion","category-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-blackrock","tag-etf","tag-inversion","tag-investment","tag-larry-fink","tag-oro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucrypto-tunft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucrypto-tunft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucrypto-tunft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tucrypto-tunft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tucrypto-tunft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tucrypto-tunft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1631,"href":"https:\/\/tucrypto-tunft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions\/1631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tucrypto-tunft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tucrypto-tunft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tucrypto-tunft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tucrypto-tunft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}