BlackRock Inc, America's multinational investment firm has offered its first direct investment product in Bitcoin which is an important step to enter the cryptocurrency market managed by the world's largest asset manager.
According to New York-based BlackRock, the new Private bitcoin trust has sought to track the price of the largest cryptocurrencies and respond to customer demands rather than large institutions seeking exposure to the asset despite price losses this year.
Despite the sudden slump in the digital asset market, they are still interested in the largest institutional customers to learn how to be efficient and access assets cost-effectively using the company's technology and product capabilities.
In addition, Bitcoin has lost half of its value by 2022, while the collapse of the Terra ecosystem and limited fund Three Arrows Capital has raised concerns about the resilience of the market and prompted stricter supervisory checks.
The latest bitcoin trust announcement is the second-biggest move in a digital asset, which will cost $8.5 trillion and shows Wall Street's biggest player has deepened his involvement in the industry.
BlackRock has also partnered with high-profile crypto exchange platform Coinbase Global Inc to allow institutional investors to view portfolio assets such as stocks and bonds and monitor their bitcoin investments. That streak, caused Coinbase's stock to soar high.
BlackRock Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink believes bitcoin is a transition since 4 years ago. He also said he had never heard of requests from customers who needed exposure to the world of cryptocurrencies.
He added that Fink is in the process of learning about the importance of developments in digital assets, stablecoins and how they can be used to help customers.
