There is too much pessimism around Europe and it could be time to be investing back in the region, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said at the World Economic Forum annual meeting on Friday.

Bitcoin’s march toward mainstream acceptance is well underway, and those paying attention stand to benefit the most.

There is too much pessimism around Europe and it could be time to investing back in the region, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday. "There's too much pessimism on Europe,

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BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink as revealed he's had discussions with sovereign wealth funds about buying bitcoin..

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BlackRock, which manages assets worth over $10 trillion, owns 572,616 BTC worth $58.43 billion, and controls roughly 2.7% of all BTC supply, following its mammoth Bitcoin purchase last week.

The CEO of the largest asset manager in the world says that Bitcoin (BTC) could see drastically higher prices if sovereign wealth funds begin accumulating.

Fink was sharing the stage with Peng Xiao, the CEO of AI company G42, who interjected with “to some extent” on Fink’s contention that fear drives bitcoin. But Fink just doubled down on the idea that it was “okay” for bitcoin’s fortunes to rely on fear.

CEO Laurence Fink and other US finance chiefs are sanguine about US tariffs and see opportunities for global growth. Read more at straitstimes.com.