Blackrock CEO: Crypto a 'Flight to Quality' | Round Up

The team is back, this week the boys kick things off with Coin Telegraph’s reporting blunder on the Spot BTC ETF that resulted in a BTC price surge of over 8%. We then take stock of TradFi’s potential sentiment shift, New York AG Letitia James suing Gemini, Genesis, and DCG over alleged $1.1bn crypto fraud, and the potential ramifications if GBTC is unable to convert. We then go on to discuss potential unlocks of a Spot BTC ETF, where we’re at with the Alt market, the recent Uniswap Labs fee switch news, as well as BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s recent commentary on Crypto. The boys close on regulation and take stock of Macro. Enjoy!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:34) Coin Telegraph: SEC iShares Spot BTC ETF Approval Misreport

(02:39) This Week in Media

(04:49) Coin Telegraph: SEC iShares Spot BTC ETF Approval Misreport

(07:09) TradFi: Significant Shift in Crypto Sentiment?

(18:33) AG Letitia James Sues Gemini, Genesis, and DCG for Defrauding Investors

(25:12) GBTC: Potential Consequences of Inability to Convert

(27:42) Will a Spot BTC ETF Act as a Catalyst?

(36:50) 2019 Cycle Review

(40:38) Alt Market Value Unlocks 

(41:21) Uniswap Labs Fee Switch

(44:31) Institutional Adoption: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, BTC and Crypto Will Play a Role in Investors’ Flight to Quality

(52:10) Stablecoin As Conduit for Regulation? 

(54:47) Macro Corner

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Resources:

Uniswap Labs Fee Switch

https://blockworks.co/newsletter/issue/33054773

BlackRock’s Fink notes ‘pent-up interest’ after fake bitcoin ETF news

https://blockworks.co/news/blackrock-spot-bitcoin-etf-rumors

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