has unleashed the euphoria for . Not in vain, on the day, the platform makes a profit of 3,200 million dollars or 15 dollars per share. This rise represents a respite for the firm, which has accumulated a negative return of 60% so far this year. It is the 2022 balance of a company that has been listed.
The barrage of purchases this Thursday occurs after the agreement that BlackRock and Coinbase have closed, which arrives like water in May for the second. The cryptocurrency platform is going to offer the manager’s institutional clients its premium interface to operate with ‘cryptos’.
The market is aware of the investment firm, the largest asset manager in the world, so its movements are not only trivial, but are also followed and analyzed. And sometimes what BlackRock does causes a ripple effect. At the opening of Wall Street, Coinbase has shot up 40%. Its listing has been suspended and then resumed. The rises are around 15% after two hours of trading.
With the rise of the ‘crypto’ platform in the session, it raises more than 3,200 million dollars. The close tonight will determine what that figure is.
BlackRock bets on Coinbase
“Our institutional clients are increasingly interested in gaining exposure to digital assets and are focused on learning how to efficiently manage the lifecycle of these assets,” said Joseph Chalom, BlackRock’s global head of strategic alliances.
The agreement affects the institutional ones of the manager who also have accounts in Coinbase, as explained by the firm itself in a statement. Through Aladdin, BlackRock’s investment tool, they will gain access to Coinbase Prime. At the moment, only to operate with Bitcoin. This will allow them to transact, invest and hold the main cryptocurrency.
The manager has chosen this ‘crypto’ company because it is the , for its scale and position in the market, as detailed in the statement.
A bad year for crypto
The deal comes as cryptocurrencies rack up negative returns as investors exit riskier assets in the face of . Bitcoin is worth less than half since the beginning of 2022 and Ethereum has divided its price by two.
Overall, the market capitalization has lost almost a third of its value. In addition, the crypto asset market is going through a rough patch after the sector. This is the case of Celsius Network, Three Arrows Capital or Vauld, among others.
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