BlackRock won't be launching an ETF for bitcoin any time soon — at least not until cryptocurrencies become "legitimate."
The world's largest asset manager is not launching an exchange traded fund for cryptocurrency — at least not until the industry grows up a bit.
"I wouldn't say never, when it's legitimate, yes," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said at the New York Times Dealbook Conference in Manhattan Thursday.
The Securities and Exchange Comission has shared its own doubts about a bitcoin ETF, and has yet to approve any of the multiple applications. The agency published a letter in January pointing to "significant investor protection issues that need to be examined" before sponsors can offer these funds to retail investors.
Bitcoin was founded in 2008 to bypass banks and other government institutions. But for now, Fink said that level of independence could be a major roadblock for cryptocurrencies.
"It will ultimately have to be backed by a government," said the CEO of BlackRock, which oversees approximately $6.4 trillion of assets. "I don't sense that any government will allow that unless they have a sense of where that money's going for tax evasion and all of these other issues."
Fink pointed to another risk factor — bitcoin's anonymity. The digital currency has been used in dark web marketplace to facilitate transactions for guns, drugs and other illicit goods. It has been categorized as the currency of choice for criminals by those who doubt bitcoin's place in modern finance.
"I do see one day where we could have electronic trading for a currency that could be a store of wealth," Fink said. "But right now the world doesn't need a store of wealth unless you need that store of wealth for things you should not be doing."
The world's largest asset manager is not launching an exchange traded fund for cryptocurrency — at least not until the industry grows up a bit.
"I wouldn't say never, when it's legitimate, yes," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said at the New York Times Dealbook Conference in Manhattan Thursday.
The Securities and Exchange Comission has shared its own doubts about a bitcoin ETF, and has yet to approve any of the multiple applications. The agency published a letter in January pointing to "significant investor protection issues that need to be examined" before sponsors can offer these funds to retail investors.
Bitcoin was founded in 2008 to bypass banks and other government institutions. But for now, Fink said that level of independence could be a major roadblock for cryptocurrencies.
"It will ultimately have to be backed by a government," said the CEO of BlackRock, which oversees approximately $6.4 trillion of assets. "I don't sense that any government will allow that unless they have a sense of where that money's going for tax evasion and all of these other issues."
Fink pointed to another risk factor — bitcoin's anonymity. The digital currency has been used in dark web marketplace to facilitate transactions for guns, drugs and other illicit goods. It has been categorized as the currency of choice for criminals by those who doubt bitcoin's place in modern finance.
"I do see one day where we could have electronic trading for a currency that could be a store of wealth," Fink said. "But right now the world doesn't need a store of wealth unless you need that store of wealth for things you should not be doing."
Blockchain is another story
Fink joined a choir of Wall Street CEOs — including J.P. Morgans's Jamie Dimon — who have expressed doubts about cryptocurrencies but applaud their underlying technology. J.P. Morgan Chase, IBM, Deloitte, Amazon and Facebook are among those working on private blockchain solutions for businesses, which for the most part have nothing to do with cryptocurrencies.
"We are a huge believer in blockchain," Fink said. "The biggest use for blockchain will be in mortgages, mortgage applications, mortgage ownership, anything that's labored with paper."
Former White House Economic Advisor and former Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn joined the board of a blockchain start-up in October. Other Wall Street veterans, including former head of J. P. Morgan's global commodities business, Blythe Masters, have left traditional finance to run blockchain companies
Fink joined a choir of Wall Street CEOs — including J.P. Morgans's Jamie Dimon — who have expressed doubts about cryptocurrencies but applaud their underlying technology. J.P. Morgan Chase, IBM, Deloitte, Amazon and Facebook are among those working on private blockchain solutions for businesses, which for the most part have nothing to do with cryptocurrencies.
"We are a huge believer in blockchain," Fink said. "The biggest use for blockchain will be in mortgages, mortgage applications, mortgage ownership, anything that's labored with paper."
Former White House Economic Advisor and former Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn joined the board of a blockchain start-up in October. Other Wall Street veterans, including former head of J. P. Morgan's global commodities business, Blythe Masters, have left traditional finance to run blockchain companies
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Bitcoin was born out of the global financial crisis of 2008, but on the eve of its 10th anniversary the world's first cryptocurrency may be facing a crisis of its own. Uncertain regulation, technological failings and infighting within its developer community mean another cryptocurrency could be on the verge of taking its place as the world's leading digital currency.
With a market cap of over $100 billion, bitcoin has established itself over the last decade as the world's leading cryptocurrency, yet since its inception more than 3,000 other cryptocurrencies have since come into existence – each attempting to offer something that bitcoin can't. After a decade of dominance, experts tell The Independent that one of them may soon succeed.
"A number of clouds now hang over bitcoin's original vision – chiefly the speculation around whether it can make it as a general service for payments," said Shiv Malik, head of strategy and communications at the blockchain firm Streamr. "But bitcoin now has many children — cryptocurrencies and digital tokens of all sorts – and they will eventually serve as the basis not just for money, and money transfer but for accessing all sorts of vital digital services in the future."
One of the fundamental features of bitcoin is that it's decentralised, meaning there is no government or financial institution that can interfere as an intermediary.
But while this allows fee-free international transactions and protects against manipulative monetary policies like quantitative easing, a lack of centralisation and governance also means it is difficult to implement new technologies that are necessary to keep up with its growth.
"Some argue that the bitcoin community's lack of governance will prevent the community from adopting innovations at a fast enough pace, quickly resulting in an antiquated network that fades in prominence," said Will Warren, CEO of decentralised exchange platform 0x.
This could see another cryptocurrency overtake bitcoin and dominate the space, much in the same way as some early internet companies like MySpace were eventually usurped by superior alternatives like Facebook.
One potential rival that could overthrow bitcoin is one that spawned from its own blockchain – the online ledger that documents every transaction – in an effort to make transactions cheaper and more efficient: Bitcoin cash.
The new cryptocurrency, which launched last year, is currently only worth around 15 per cent of the original bitcoin, yet its improved functionality means some of the original proponents of bitcoin believe it is “the one true bitcoin” and will soon replace it.
"Perhaps the push of bitcoin cash with its narrative of being the true bitcoin and ownership of key bitcoin domains and handles of social media will make bitcoin cash overtake bitcoin, or maybe some centralised cryptocurrencies will become the new standard," said Angel Versetti, CEO of blockchain firm Ambrosus.
"I hope the latter does not happen though, as hopefully people will become more educated about what blockchain is and how it should work, and make the choice for freedom from censorship and control."
Regardless of whether this happens or not, Cristian Gil, Co-founder of trading firm GSR believes bitcoin has served its fundamental role of kickstarting a financial revolution, even if it is another cryptocurrency – or cryptocurrencies – that eventually achieve the full potential.
"The space is evolving at such a rapid pace that it is difficult to make predictions even two years out," he said.
"Whether bitcoin itself is used in the pipes for these systems or not, when history books are written about this period of time, bitcoin will have earned the first page mention."
With a market cap of over $100 billion, bitcoin has established itself over the last decade as the world's leading cryptocurrency, yet since its inception more than 3,000 other cryptocurrencies have since come into existence – each attempting to offer something that bitcoin can't. After a decade of dominance, experts tell The Independent that one of them may soon succeed.
"A number of clouds now hang over bitcoin's original vision – chiefly the speculation around whether it can make it as a general service for payments," said Shiv Malik, head of strategy and communications at the blockchain firm Streamr. "But bitcoin now has many children — cryptocurrencies and digital tokens of all sorts – and they will eventually serve as the basis not just for money, and money transfer but for accessing all sorts of vital digital services in the future."
One of the fundamental features of bitcoin is that it's decentralised, meaning there is no government or financial institution that can interfere as an intermediary.
But while this allows fee-free international transactions and protects against manipulative monetary policies like quantitative easing, a lack of centralisation and governance also means it is difficult to implement new technologies that are necessary to keep up with its growth.
"Some argue that the bitcoin community's lack of governance will prevent the community from adopting innovations at a fast enough pace, quickly resulting in an antiquated network that fades in prominence," said Will Warren, CEO of decentralised exchange platform 0x.
This could see another cryptocurrency overtake bitcoin and dominate the space, much in the same way as some early internet companies like MySpace were eventually usurped by superior alternatives like Facebook.
One potential rival that could overthrow bitcoin is one that spawned from its own blockchain – the online ledger that documents every transaction – in an effort to make transactions cheaper and more efficient: Bitcoin cash.
The new cryptocurrency, which launched last year, is currently only worth around 15 per cent of the original bitcoin, yet its improved functionality means some of the original proponents of bitcoin believe it is “the one true bitcoin” and will soon replace it.
"Perhaps the push of bitcoin cash with its narrative of being the true bitcoin and ownership of key bitcoin domains and handles of social media will make bitcoin cash overtake bitcoin, or maybe some centralised cryptocurrencies will become the new standard," said Angel Versetti, CEO of blockchain firm Ambrosus.
"I hope the latter does not happen though, as hopefully people will become more educated about what blockchain is and how it should work, and make the choice for freedom from censorship and control."
Regardless of whether this happens or not, Cristian Gil, Co-founder of trading firm GSR believes bitcoin has served its fundamental role of kickstarting a financial revolution, even if it is another cryptocurrency – or cryptocurrencies – that eventually achieve the full potential.
"The space is evolving at such a rapid pace that it is difficult to make predictions even two years out," he said.
"Whether bitcoin itself is used in the pipes for these systems or not, when history books are written about this period of time, bitcoin will have earned the first page mention."
The Bitcoin price (BTC/USD) has held above the $6,400 level, despite seeing frequent fluctuations over the past 24 hours.
The original cryptocurrency broke through the $6,400 mark on Monday morning, as it benefited from a sharp uptick that came at the end of an otherwise disappointing Sunday session. The coin hit a four-day high of $6,480.59, before pulling back to lower levels. The coin continued to trade in a tight range above the $6,400 mark and eventually finished the session at $6,419.66. That was significantly higher than its opening level of $6,363.62.
Bitcoin has been hovering around the level of its Monday close for the better part of today’s session. The coin rose to an intraday high of $6,458.66 in late morning trading, but it hasn’t been able to build significant momentum amid frequent price fluctuations. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price was hovering around the $6,420 level, according to data from digital currency tracker Coinmarketcap.
In the past 24 hours, the No 1. Digital currency has been outpaced by most of its major cryptocurrency rivals. The Bitcoin dominance, which tracks Bitcoin’s share of the total crypto market capitalisation, has fallen to 51.6% - its lowest level in more than a month – amid big rises in the prices of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Stellar (XLM), Cardano (ADA) and Ripple (XRP). The total crypto market cap currently stands at nearly $216 billion.
In today’s trading, the Bitcoin price stood at $6,423.06, as of 14:02 GMT. The digital coin has lost 0.3% of its value in the past 24 hours, Coinmarketcap data shows. The coin’s total market cap currently stands at $111.5 billion.
For further information on how to buy and trade Bitcoin, see our comprehensive Bitcoin guide.
The original cryptocurrency broke through the $6,400 mark on Monday morning, as it benefited from a sharp uptick that came at the end of an otherwise disappointing Sunday session. The coin hit a four-day high of $6,480.59, before pulling back to lower levels. The coin continued to trade in a tight range above the $6,400 mark and eventually finished the session at $6,419.66. That was significantly higher than its opening level of $6,363.62.
Bitcoin has been hovering around the level of its Monday close for the better part of today’s session. The coin rose to an intraday high of $6,458.66 in late morning trading, but it hasn’t been able to build significant momentum amid frequent price fluctuations. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price was hovering around the $6,420 level, according to data from digital currency tracker Coinmarketcap.
In the past 24 hours, the No 1. Digital currency has been outpaced by most of its major cryptocurrency rivals. The Bitcoin dominance, which tracks Bitcoin’s share of the total crypto market capitalisation, has fallen to 51.6% - its lowest level in more than a month – amid big rises in the prices of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Stellar (XLM), Cardano (ADA) and Ripple (XRP). The total crypto market cap currently stands at nearly $216 billion.
In today’s trading, the Bitcoin price stood at $6,423.06, as of 14:02 GMT. The digital coin has lost 0.3% of its value in the past 24 hours, Coinmarketcap data shows. The coin’s total market cap currently stands at $111.5 billion.
For further information on how to buy and trade Bitcoin, see our comprehensive Bitcoin guide.
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