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BlackRock Surpasses 400,000 BTC Holdings Milestone
With a total of more than 400,000 BTC, BlackRock has accomplished a new feat with its Bitcoin holdings. At present, the total value of the hedge fund's 403,725 BTC holdings is around $26.98 billion.
According to Lookonchain, the asset management giant purchased an additional 34,085 BTC in the last two weeks, valuing the acquisition at almost $2.3 billion. This large accumulation follows their previous acquisitions.
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Strategy Gains Traction
U.Today reports that BlackRock is emerging as a significant player in the cryptocurrency sector, thanks to the continued investment in Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Evidence like these suggests that Bitcoin ETFs are quickly becoming a popular means for large institutions to own BTC. Speculation about Bitcoin's future has been heightened as the company's holdings have grown.
Rising Concerns Over Potential 'Bitcoin War' Scenario
Many are already looking ahead to a potential Bitcoin war, with some predicting that BlackRock would use its enormous resources to promote its own forked chain as the official one after it pushes for a split of the original BTC chain. Although that doesn't sound completely out of the question, in the present world it appears more like a conspiracy theory.
With Bitcoin's price rising at such a dizzying rate, many are asking where BlackRock will stop trying to dominate the cryptocurrency market.
Competing Stakeholders Challenge BlackRock’s Crypto Dominance
Conversely, the financial juggernaut is up against formidable opposition from other major players in the Bitcoin ecosystem, such as Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy and his Bitcoin holdings, mining companies, early adopters, and the vast and dispersed group of individual investors numbering in the millions.
But whether they can really challenge BlackRock is an open matter.
