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 Ever wonder why BlackRock is the name everyone trusts when it comes to big investments? The answer lies in their strategy with Bitcoin, and it’s not what you’d expect.

BlackRock, a giant in the financial world, is running their own Bitcoin blockchain node, carefully tracking their assets. But here’s the issue—they’re not sharing this information with the public. Why? Because the moment they do, they risk drowning in spam, from sanctioned Bitcoin to random NFTs. So, while institutional clients can request this data, everyday investors are left in the dark.

This secrecy raises questions. As a regular investor, it’s hard not to feel left out. If the biggest financial players are pulling their Bitcoin data every night and keeping it private, what does that mean for transparency? More importantly, what does it mean for trust? While BlackRock has been storing assets with custodians for decades without problems, the fear of a crypto meltdown like the one with FTX (remember SBF?) still lingers in the air. People want reassurance they won’t be caught off guard.

TLDR: 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬’𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰—𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴: 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯? 𝘖𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯?

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