BlackRock, the world’s leading asset manager, recently unveiled significant details about its new Bitcoin ETF launched last Thursday in the United States. The company announced an impressive acquisition of around $500 million (R$ 2.5 billion) in Bitcoin for the ETF, as stated on their iShares Bitcoin Trust webpage. Based on data until the following Friday, […]
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