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Could be a stretch here and this chart above understates how much they have accumulated. 

Blackrock have quietly invested $500 million into bitcoin miners. They now also own about 6 1/2% of Cleanspark CLSK after buying some of that a few weeks ago. Now I have a weird theory about this so be patient but maybe it's their only on ramp to Bitcoin - but their investments now will make crazy gains once they get approved for the BTC Spot ETF.. 

BlackRock has filed for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).

-> If approved, this would be a major step towards mass adoption of bitcoin.

--> Institutional investors are already investing heavily in bitcoin mining.

----> A bitcoin ETF would lead to even more institutional investment in mining blowing up the prices of miners as this would help to sustain and upgrade the bitcoin blockchain infrastructure.

------> It would also likely lead to a hype cycle and higher bitcoin prices.

Consequently, causing the market capitalization of the Miner investments they've previously undertaken to surge. Hence, it's possible that their approach to capitalize on the Bitcoin surge involves focusing on miners...

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Anonymous

IBLC iShares Blockchain and Tech ETF https://www.ishares.com/us/products/326614/ishares-blockchain-and-tech-etf/

Anonymous

Being that Blackrock is invested in virtually every equity possible how do these percentages compare to them??

Anonymous

James - I’ve been thinking about why black rock would make such a move. 1. Yes they get upside on the stock 2. They build a strategic alliance with crypto miners. 3. They can buy bitcoin directly from miners without buying on the open market. 4. This gives them another way to profit off the industry. 5. And if a miner goes under in the future they could be first in line to purchase

Anonymous

They started earlier this year https://seekingalpha.com/news/3927482-bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-raised-500m-from-blackrock-apollo-other-creditors

Anonymous

Blackrock also owns 8.1% plus of Microstrategy, they also are a major investor in Capital Group who also have a large stake. At some point the dam has to break, there may even be a front run on ETF approval and hodlrs will finally be rewarded. Once its established as a must have asset class and there's cover for fiduciaries to put into clients portfolios because bonds are sh*t and everyone knows it now.

Anonymous

Means they will also become Bitcoin issuers. They will then also be deciding who gets the remaining mineable coins. Would be interesting to know, how much "power" they will get over the blockchain/network. Sound slike a plan to me, too. Thank you James.

Anonymous

Well, according to Arthur Hayes, that's all part of Larry Fink's plan for crypto. "BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes says that the giants of traditional finance (TradFi) are planning a subtle takeover of the Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto industries. In a new blog post, Hayes says that there is now a battle as to who “owns” crypto, with legacy financial institutions circling the industry in the depths of the bear market after many crypto firms have died off. “What I’m trying to say is that crypto itself was never the problem – this issue is who owns it. Does it make sense now why banks and asset managers all of a sudden warmed up to crypto as soon as their competition was deaded? They know the government is coming for their deposit base, and they need to make sure that the only available antidote to inflation, crypto, is under their control. TradFi banks and asset managers will offer crypto exchange-traded funds (ETF) or similar type managed products that give the client a crypto derivative in exchange for fiat cash. The fund managers get to charge egregious fees because they are the only game in town that allows investors to easily sell fiat for a crypto financial return. If crypto in the coming decades can have a larger monetary systemic impact than the Eurodollar market, then TradFi can more than recoup their losses due to unfavorable banking regulations. They do this by becoming the crypto gatekeepers for their multi-trillion-dollar deposit bases.” Hayes says that banks and regulators could agree to restrict in-kind redemptions of crypto products, or force them to convert to fiat currency every time they want to withdraw or transfer, more or less trapping them within the corporate banking architecture. The crypto billionaire says that BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, will likely attempt to corner much of Bitcoin’s consensus network, as well as the mining industry. “The more philosophical question is whether we can retain the ethos of Lord Satoshi when the industry is flooded with possibly trillions of dollars parked in financial products firmly within the fiat TradFi system. Larry Fink doesn’t give two f**ks about decentralization. His business is based on centralizing assets at BlackRock. What impact would an asset manager like BlackRock have on Bitcoin Improvement Proposals that, for example, increased privacy or censorship-resistance? BlackRock, Vanguard, Fidelity, etc. will rush to offer ETFs that track an index of publicly listed crypto mining firms. Very quickly, miners will discover that these mega asset managers will control large voting blocks of their stock and will affect management decisions.”

Anonymous

Our man Arthur is spot on,opperation choke point is about smashing cryto as low as it can go & stepping in and buying it all up, classic vampire squid, Wickoff or whatever.

Anonymous

Or... they are securing the access to the btc supply source by buying the right of first offer - miners must sell BTC to operate

Anonymous

Doesn’t Blackrock passively invest in everyone at similar percentages as part of their index funds?

Anonymous

A note on this from Dylan LeClair - https://x.com/dylanleclair_/status/1696504648788590892?s=46&t=cFWpL0CmFTkEddcaYQnnzw