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BlackRock has officially become the second-largest holder of Bitcoin (BTC) globally. With 636,000 BTC now under management, the world’s largest asset manager sits behind only the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, who is estimated to hold 1.1 million BTC, according to new data from CryptoRank .  The milestone cements BlackRock’s dominance not just in traditional finance, but now in crypto markets as well. The firm is already the leading provider of Bitcoin ETFs by assets under management (AUM), and its inflows show no signs of slowing. Top Bitcoin holders. Source: CryptoRank BlackRock’s Bitcoin spot ETF Elsewhere, BlackRock’s Bitcoin spot ETF, iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), has rapidly climbed the leaderboard and is now ranked among the top 5 U.S. ETFs by year-to-date inflows, according to the latest Bloomberg ETF flow data.  $IBIT has worked its way into the top 5 ETF in YTD flows with +$9b, just passing $BIL. This is wild bc just one mo...

Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder and CEO of venture capital firm Social Capital, has offered a possible timeline for when the Bitcoin (BTC) encryption might finally be cracked, given the ongoing advancements in quantum computing. This projection follows Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Google’s parent company, announcing the introduction of Willow, a quantum computing chip with 105 qubits. Palihapitiya believes that the encryption framework underpinning Bitcoin—SHA-256—could be cracked in the next two to five years due to advancements in quantum computing, he said during the All-In Podcast , published on December 13. Picks for you These are Solana's top holders as of December 2024 17 hours ago Here's when Bitcoin will hit $150,00...

The Len Sassaman price plunged more than 24% in the last 24 hours to trade at $0.000000000009047 as of 5:30 a.m. EST as investors dump their holdings in the altcoin. Initially, the LEN price surged after news that an HBO documentary to be aired on Oct. 8 might reveal that Len Sassaman is Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. This jump in price was brought to an abrupt halt when an old tweet by Sassaman’s wife resurfaced online. In her post, she said that she does not believe that her husband created the pioneering crypto and its underlying blockchain. Len Sassaman’s wife doesn’t think he is Satoshi pic.twitter.com/T2WFm1HcPQ — borovik (@3orovik) October 6, 2024 Polymarket odds of Sassaman being revealed as Bitcoin’s creator in an upcoming HBO documentary have also fallen 3% in the last 24 hours.  The Len Sassaman Price Enters Consolidation 1-hour chart for LEN/USD (Source: GeckoTerminal ) The Len Sassaman price has entered a consolid...