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Robbie Mitchnick: Inside BlackRock's Bitcoin Vision, Global Store-of-Value Race & How How BlackRock Builds BTC into Portfolios

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Nov 20, 2025
Robbie Mitchnick, Global Head of Digital Assets at BlackRock, shares insights on Bitcoin's evolving role in investment portfolios. He discusses the remarkable success of BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF and the mix of retail and institutional investors driving its growth. Mitchnick highlights how institutions are now viewing Bitcoin as a valuable diversifier. He also addresses misconceptions about Bitcoin, the implications of macroeconomic factors, and the asset's unique position compared to gold. Finally, he emphasizes Bitcoin's significance as a lifeline in unstable economies.
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INSIGHT

Compare Bitcoin And Gold By Holder Segments

  • Bitcoin and gold share overlapping store-of-value drivers but often take turns outperforming each other.
  • You can model Bitcoin's potential by segmenting holders instead of assuming identical demand to gold.
INSIGHT

Two-Layer Bitcoin Market

  • There are two market layers: a noisy, leveraged retail top layer and a larger, quieter institutional bottom layer.
  • The bottom layer treats Bitcoin as an emerging monetary alternative, not a hype trade.
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Bitcoin Is Strongest As Digital Gold Today

  • Bitcoin functions partly as digital commodity (store-of-value) and partly as currency, but today product-market fit is strongest in store-of-value use.
  • Stablecoins excel at payment use cases and may compete with Bitcoin's currency thesis in certain segments.
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