{"id":546449,"date":"2023-08-09T19:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=546449"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:05:47","slug":"billionaire-wishes-he-bought-bitcoin-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/billionaire-wishes-he-bought-bitcoin-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Investor Wishes He Bought Bitcoin Early On, Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Bitcoin continues to enjoy more mass adoption, many have regretted their decision not to get in earlier on the flagship cryptocurrency. Co-founder of private investment firm The Carlyle Group David Rubenstein joins this long list of individuals as he wishes he had bought BTC early on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Is Here To Stay<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/videos\/2023-08-08\/bitcoin-isn-t-going-away-says-david-rubenstein-video\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bloomberg Television<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on August 8, Rubenstein said he wished he had bought Bitcoin when one BTC was worth $100. The statement stems from the fact that the billionaire believes BTC is here to stay, following \u201cenormous interest\u201d in the cryptocurrency.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-reading-shortcode\">Related Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin\/sec-could-approve-multiple-bitcoin-etfs\/\">ARK Invest\u2019s CEO Says SEC Could Approve Multiple Spot Bitcoin ETFs Simultaneously<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He explained that Bitcoin\u2019s decentralization is key to this interest as people want a form of money that governments can\u2019t control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to him:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s enormous interest around the world, and to be able to have something you can transfer without having the government knowing about it, and keep it private. You can say people shouldn\u2019t do that, but that\u2019s not going to stop people from doing it.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/5FdogRnX\/\" alt=\"Bitcoin (BTC) price chart from Tradingview.com \" width=\"2884\" height=\"1746\"><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">BTC price rocks up to $29,873 | Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/Tradingview.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">BTCUSD on Tradingview.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<h2>BlackRock Is Key To All Of It<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rubenstein also noted that people who once mocked BTC and other cryptocurrencies might begin to have second thoughts following BlackRock\u2019s application for a Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat\u2019s happened is people made fun of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but now the establishment, Larry Fink at BlackRock, is now saying they\u2019re going to have an ETF if approved by the government in bitcoin,\u201d Rubenstein told Bloomberg. \u201cSo you\u2019re saying wait a second, the mighty BlackRock is willing to have an ETF in bitcoin, maybe bitcoin is going to be around for a while.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The billionaire investor\u2019s sentiments echo that of Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz, who <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/bitcoin-news\/blackrock-larry-fink-best-thing-to-happen-to-bitcoin\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mentioned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, during an interview on Bloomberg TV with David Rubenstein, that BlackRock\u2019s CEO Larry Fink\u2019s change of heart was the \u201cmost important thing that happened this year in Bitcoin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe [Larry Fink] got \u2018orange-pilled. Larry was a nonbeliever. Now he says, \u2018Hey, this is going to be a global currency.\u2019 People around the world all trust it,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Larry, who had once referred to BTC as \u201can index of money laundering,\u201d said in a July 5 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">interview<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with Fox Business that Bitcoin could revolutionize the financial industry as <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/bitcoin-news\/blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-says-bitcoin-is-digital-gold-so-whats-the-digital-silver\/\">it could be used as a hedge against inflation instead of traditional gold<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-reading-shortcode\">Related Reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/stablecoin\/can-pyusd-be-frozen-in-your-wallet\/\">Can PayPal\u2019s PYUSD Be Frozen In Your Wallet Like Tether\u2019s USDT?<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no denying the influence that BlackRock and its CEO Larry Fink could have on BTC adoption, especially among institutional investors. BlackRock is currently the largest asset manager with over $9.1 trillion in assets under management (AuM).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With such a large clientele base, the market could see more individual investors, companies, governments, and foundations invest in Bitcoin through BlackRock (when their spot Bitcoin ETF gets approved by the SEC).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, Larry Fink is a prominent figure on Wall Street and one who boasts tremendous influence in the financial world, and he will likely carry this influence into crypto.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer-shortcode\">Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Bitcoin continues to enjoy more mass adoption, many have regretted their decision not to get in earlier on the flagship cryptocurrency. Co-founder of private investment firm The Carlyle Group David Rubenstein joins this long list of individuals as he wishes he had bought BTC early on.\u00a0 Bitcoin Is Here To Stay Speaking on Bloomberg Television on August 8, Rubenstein said he wished he had bought Bitcoin when one BTC was worth $100. The statement stems from the fact that the billionaire believes BTC is here to stay, following \u201cenormous interest\u201d in the cryptocurrency.\u00a0\u00a0 Related Reading: ARK Invest\u2019s CEO Says SEC Could Approve Multiple Spot Bitcoin ETFs Simultaneously He explained that Bitcoin\u2019s decentralization is key to this interest as people want a form of money that governments can\u2019t control. According to him: There\u2019s enormous interest around the world, and to be able to have something you can transfer without having the government knowing about it, and keep it private. You can say people shouldn\u2019t do that, but that\u2019s not going to stop people from doing it. BTC price rocks up to $29,873 | Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview.com BlackRock Is Key To All Of It Rubenstein also noted that people who once mocked BTC and other cryptocurrencies might begin to have second thoughts following BlackRock\u2019s application for a Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). \u201cWhat\u2019s happened is people made fun of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but now the establishment, Larry Fink at BlackRock, is now saying they\u2019re going to have an ETF if approved by the government in bitcoin,\u201d Rubenstein told Bloomberg. \u201cSo you\u2019re saying wait a second, the mighty BlackRock is willing to have an ETF in bitcoin, maybe bitcoin is going to be around for a while.\u201d The billionaire investor\u2019s sentiments echo that of Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz, who mentioned, during an interview on Bloomberg TV with David Rubenstein, that BlackRock\u2019s CEO Larry Fink\u2019s change of heart was the \u201cmost important thing that happened this year in Bitcoin.\u201d \u201cHe [Larry Fink] got \u2018orange-pilled. Larry was a nonbeliever. Now he says, \u2018Hey, this is going to be a global currency.\u2019 People around the world all trust it,\u201d he said. Larry, who had once referred to BTC as \u201can index of money laundering,\u201d said in a July 5 interview with Fox Business that Bitcoin could revolutionize the financial industry as it could be used as a hedge against inflation instead of traditional gold.\u00a0 Related Reading: Can PayPal\u2019s PYUSD Be Frozen In Your Wallet Like Tether\u2019s USDT? There is no denying the influence that BlackRock and its CEO Larry Fink could have on BTC adoption, especially among institutional investors. BlackRock is currently the largest asset manager with over $9.1 trillion in assets under management (AuM).\u00a0 With such a large clientele base, the market could see more individual investors, companies, governments, and foundations invest in Bitcoin through BlackRock (when their spot Bitcoin ETF gets approved by the SEC).\u00a0 Meanwhile, Larry Fink is a prominent figure on Wall Street and one who boasts tremendous influence in the financial world, and he will likely carry this influence into crypto. 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