ChainCatcher news, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink stated on CNBC that he hopes to "accelerate the approval process for the tokenization of bonds and stocks."

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink stated that "it is possible to raise interest rates at some point in the next 12 months," but he also emphasized that this scenario is not his core prediction, just a possibility he sees.He mentioned that the bond market indicates inflation may be higher than people think, and if we look back to the U.S. Treasury market a year and a half ago, the U.S. was experiencing very high inflation.

ChainCatcher news, on Friday, Nasdaq submitted a revised rule filing on behalf of BlackRock, allowing the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust to conduct in-kind redemption. Typically, when investors want to sell an ETF, they receive redemption proceeds in cash. In-kind redemption means that investors can choose to redeem using the underlying assets (i.e., Bitcoin) that the ETF is invested in.In the year leading up to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approving a spot Bitcoin ETF, various companies have been discussing the specific technical details of how this product would conduct redemptions. The SEC tends to favor cash redemptions, which means that when investors want to redeem their Bitcoin ETF shares, the fund management company (such as BlackRock) must first sell the Bitcoin it holds and then return the cash obtained from the sale of Bitcoin to the investors.

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock IBIT's pre-market trading volume today reached 74 million dollars. 40% were active sell orders, and 37% were active buy orders.

ChainCatcher news, according to official data, as of January 23, BlackRock's Bitcoin exchange-traded fund IBIT holds 574,118.8438 BTC, with a market value exceeding 60 billion USD, reaching 60,061,936,586.63 USD.

ChainCatcher news, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink revealed that he has discussed purchasing Bitcoin with some sovereign wealth funds, but did not disclose the names of the relevant sovereign wealth fund companies.Fink added that as concerns about a dollar crisis grow within the Federal Reserve, inflation worries have sparked interest in Bitcoin, and governments around the world have increased spending and stimulus measures in recent years. Analysts believe that the soaring inflation rate in the U.S. has forced the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at a historic pace, increasing debt interest payments and exacerbating fears of a "death spiral." Federal Reserve officials are still struggling to address the looming "stagflation nightmare" scenario.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, JPMorgan analysts expect that while cryptocurrency venture capital will see some growth in 2025, it will be difficult to reach the peak levels of 2021-2022.The report highlights key challenges including: increased competition from large financial institutions like BlackRock in areas such as stablecoins and tokenization; the rise of community-driven financing platforms like Echo leading to a reduction in large-scale token sales by project teams to VCs; a high interest rate environment diminishing the attractiveness of venture capital; and cryptocurrency ETFs diverting investor attention.Analysts believe that in the future, venture capital will focus more on projects with actual user adoption and long-term growth potential, rather than traditional short-term metrics.

According to ChainCatcher news and monitored by Lookonchain, today 10 U.S. Bitcoin ETFs had a net inflow of 2,940 BTC (approximately $310 million), with BlackRock (iShares) contributing 3,297 BTC (approximately $348 million), bringing the total holdings to 572,641 BTC (approximately $60.41 billion).At the same time, 9 Ethereum ETFs had a net inflow of 30,945 ETH (approximately $10.2 million), with BlackRock inflowing 24,228 ETH (approximately $7.951 million), and the total holdings valued at approximately $3.94 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, BlackRock CEO Fink stated that he hopes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve the tokenization of bonds and stocks.

ChainCatcher news, BlackRock CEO Fink stated during a speech at the Davos World Economic Forum that if sovereign funds and companies decide to invest more funds in cryptocurrencies (from 2% to 5%), the price of Bitcoin could reach $700,000.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jin10, BlackRock CEO Fink stated that Bitcoin can overcome concerns about the instability of fiat currencies.

ChainCatcher news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, today the net inflow of Bitcoin ETFs in the United States is 6,719 BTC (approximately $701 million), of which BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin ETF has an inflow of 6,208 BTC (approximately $648 million), currently holding a total of 569,343 BTC (approximately $59.4 billion).The net inflow of Ethereum ETFs is 18,108 ETH (approximately $5.959 million), of which BlackRock's iShares Ethereum ETF has an inflow of 16,959 ETH (approximately $5.581 million), with a total holding value of approximately $3.87 billion.

ChainCatcher message, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock's IBIT pre-market trading volume reached 62 million dollars today, with 31% being active sell orders and 31% being active buy orders.

ChainCatcher message, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock IBIT's pre-market trading volume today reached 105 million USD, with 27% being active buy orders and 44% being active sell orders.

ChainCatcher message, according to SoSoValue data, the net inflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs last week (Eastern Time from January 13 to January 17) was 1.96 billion USD.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was Blackrock's Bitcoin ETF IBIT, with a weekly net inflow of 746 million USD, bringing the total historical net inflow of IBIT to 38.41 billion USD. Following that was Fidelity's BTC ETF FBTC, with a weekly net inflow of 680 million USD, currently having a total historical net inflow of 12.84 billion USD. The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net outflow last week was Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust GBTC, with a weekly net outflow of 87.68 million USD, currently having a total historical net outflow of 21.65 billion USD.As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is 121.28 billion USD, with an ETF net asset ratio (market cap compared to total Bitcoin market cap) of 5.85%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached 38.18 billion USD.

ChainCatcher message, according to SoSoValue data, the net inflow of Ethereum spot ETFs for the trading week (Eastern Time from January 13 to January 17) was $212 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow last week was Blackrock's Ethereum ETF ETHA, with a weekly net inflow of $151 million, bringing the historical total net inflow of ETHA to $3.83 billion. Following that was Fidelity's Ethereum ETF FETH, with a weekly net inflow of $113 million, currently having a historical total net inflow of $1.44 billion. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net outflow last week was Grayscale's Ethereum Trust ETHE, with a weekly net outflow of $33.22 million, currently having a historical total net outflow of $3.72 billion.As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $12.66 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Ethereum) of 2.99%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $2.66 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to Trader T's monitoring, BlackRock's IBIT had a pre-market trading volume of 71 million dollars today, with 35% being active sell orders and 40% being active buy orders.

ChainCatcher news, according to official data, the Bitcoin exchange-traded fund IBIT under BlackRock has reached a holding of 554,311.086 BTC as of January 15, with a holding market value exceeding 55 billion USD, reaching 55.464 billion USD.

ChainCatcher news, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on the X platform that Fidelity has reduced the fees for its Canadian Bitcoin ETF to 32 basis points, matching BlackRock, which just launched a similar product in Canada at 32 basis points.Currently, the fees from both companies are the lowest in the market. U.S. issuers have brought some competitive actions to Canada.