BlackRock cashes out on the 2009 whale and purchases the...
In this post: The largest digital asset, Bitcoin (BTC), saw a significant pause to its optimistic outlook for regaining the $70,000 mark.In the past day, the price of Bitcoin fell by more than 2%, returning to the $67,000 range.But BlackRock, the financial behemoth, took advantage of the situation and immediately purchased the dip. Over the past day, the total value of the cryptocurrency market fell by about 2.5 percent to $2.33 trillion. Well known cryptocurrencies like Solana (SOL) and Ethereum (ETH) saw declines of 1.37% and 3.25%, respectively. BlackRock purchases 4869 more Bitcoins According to the statistics, BlackRock purchased 4869 Bitcoin during the decline, which is roughly equivalent to $328 million.The massive investing firm has continued to amass wealth.It increased Bitcoin by 8% last week and purchased 16,975 BTC in total, which is roughly worth $1.17 billion. Boosted by ETF inflows and confidence about US regulatory developments, Bitcoin jumped nearly $70,000 on Monday.Political factors are at work, with the election scheduled for November 5th.Bitcoin is a possible “Trump trade” since Republican nominee Donald Trump has adopted a pro-crypto position.Kamala Harris, the vice president, has pledged to back more transparent crypto laws. At the same time, Arkham revealed that a 2009 old whale had sold $9.68 million worth of Bitcoin. This whale extracted thousands of BTC starting just only 5 days after the...