BlackRock has started to 'dabble' in crypto, says CIO
“Holding some portion of what you hold in cash in things like crypto seems to make some sense to me," said Rick Rieder. Rick Rieder, chief investment officer at BlackRock Financial Management, hinted that the firm ha already invested a percentage of its portfolio into crypto.In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box on Wednesday, Rieder said BlackRock — with more than $8.6 trillion in assets under management — has "started to dabble a bit" into crypto investments. The chief investment officer described the volatility of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) as "extraordinary" but acknowledged....
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