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Investment pros gathered here in Miami, and many trashed bitcoin. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
There Are Many Bitcoin Critics Left in Finance, Despite BlackRock's Newfound Love
At a recent gathering of investors in Miami, skepticism remained high even after finance titan BlackRock's shift toward touting the original cryptocurrency.
Investment pros gathered here in Miami, and many trashed bitcoin. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Ondo price on April 11 (CoinDesk)
Ondo Spikes 8% as Ondo Finance Tests Instant Conversion From BlackRock's Tokenized Fund to USDC
Stablecoin issuer Circle introduced a new smart contract function earlier Thursday to allow near-instant, around-the-clock redemptions from BlackRock's BUIDL fund for USDC sta...
Ondo price on April 11 (CoinDesk)

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)
BlackRock Adds Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, UBS as APs for Bitcoin ETF
Authorized participants in ETFs are responsible for the creation and redemption process of the fund through which they create liquidity.
BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)
Where BlackRock Goes, Liquidity Flows
BlackRock and Securitize’s new digital assets fund is a game-changer for tokenization and the wider regulated market, says Peter Gaffney, head of research at Security Token Ad...
BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Crypto Is 'Waking Up' to Real World Assets: Securitize CEO
Crypto Is 'Waking Up' to Real World Assets: Securitize CEO
Asset management giant BlackRock (BLK) partnered with Securitize to launch its tokenized asset fund on the Ethereum network. Securitize founder and CEO Carlos Domingo joins "F...
Crypto Is 'Waking Up' to Real World Assets: Securitize CEO

Bringing Real World Assets on Chain Makes Them 'More Productive,' Securitize CEO Says
Bringing Real World Assets on Chain Makes Them 'More Productive,' Securitize CEO Says
Securitize founder and CEO Carlos Domingo answers five questions from CoinDesk, including his crypto genesis story, why he is bullish on real-world assets, and details about B...
Bringing Real World Assets on Chain Makes Them 'More Productive,' Securitize CEO Says

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is now a leader in tokenization. (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
BlackRock's Tokenized Fund Quickly Rakes in $245M, Right Behind Franklin Templeton's Older Offering
The tokenized U.S. Treasury market is poised to reach $1 billion "very soon" given the growth of BlackRock's BUIDL, an analyst noted.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is now a leader in tokenization. (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

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BlackRock's Fink Says an Ether ETF Is Possible Even if ETH Is a Security
The BlackRock CEO isn't worried about the U.S. Securities and Exchange classifying Ethereum's ether as a security.
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(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)
Ondo Finance to Move $95M to BlackRock's Tokenized Fund for Instant Settlements for Its T-Bill Token
The allocation marks to first example of a crypto protocol leveraging BlackRock's tokenized fund for its own offering.
(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)
BlackRock Seeing Only 'A Little Bit' of Demand for Ethereum from Clients, Head of Digital Assets Says
Robert Mitchnick, the asset manager's head of digital assets, said that there's a misconception that BlackRock will have a "long tail" of other crypto services.
(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)