As Its ETF Surpasses $17 Billion, BlackRock’s CEO Is “Extremely Bullish” About Bitcoin

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CEO of BlackRock Larry Fink says he’s been “pleasantly surprised” by the amount of retail interest in the spot Bitcoin ETF offered by his company. CEO of BlackRock Larry Fink expressed his satisfaction with the performance of his company’s spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) and reaffirmed his “extreme bullishness” on the long-term sustainability of the cryptocurrency.

“In the history of ETFs, IBIT has grown at the quickest rate. In the history of ETFs, nothing has amassed assets as quickly as IBIT, according to Larry Fink, in a Fox Business interview from March 27. Fink claimed that the success of the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) over the first 11 trading weeks had even “surprised” him. 

CEO Of BlackRock Confident About The Long-Term Viability Of Bitcoin

According to Farside Investors, IBIT has had a great start to trading, with $13.5 billion in inflows in the first 11 weeks, with a daily high of $849 million on March 12. IBIT sees inflows of little more than $260 million every trading day on average. “We’re building a more transparent and liquid market now, and I’m pleasantly surprised.” Before we filed it, I never would have guessed that we would have this kind of retail demand, Fink said. In response to the question of whether IBIT would “do good, but not this good,” Fink said, “Yes.” The CEO of BlackRock said, “I’m very bullish on the long-term viability of Bitcoin.”