BlackRock CIO: "Bitcoin Is Here to Stay"
Rick Rieder, BlackRock's chief investment officer of fixed income, said that cryptocurrencies are here to stay when asked to weigh in on Bitcoin during the latest episode of CNBC's "Squawk Box":
I think Bitcoin is here to stay. Am I a Bitcoin bull? I don't do a lot of it or any of it in my corporate portfolios or business portfolios.
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What is more, he forecasted that Bitcoin could take the place of gold, channeling hedge fund legend Stanley Druckenmiller:
Do I think it is a durable mechanism that, you know, that I think could take the place of gold to a large extent? Yeah, I do, because it’s so much more functional than passing a bar of gold around.
Blockchain, not Bitcoin
BlackRock is the largest asset manager in the world and controls over $7.4 tln.
In Sept. 2018, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink dismissed the idea of launching a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) until the industry becomes more legitimate.
Like J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, Fink sees more promise in blockchain technology, predicting that its alternative use cases would eclipse crypto:
The biggest use for blockchain will be in mortgages, mortgage applications, mortgage ownership, anything that's labored with paper.
Alex DovbnyaBlackRock already holds Bitcoin
While Fink is yet to change his stance on Bitcoin, his company already has indirect exposure to the flagship cryptocurrency.
BlackRock Fund Advisors has a 14.79 percent stake in publicly listed business intelligence firm MicroStrategy, which holds 38,250 BTC after making Bitcoin its primary reserve currency earlier this year in a trailblazing move.
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