CEO Of Global Heavyweight BlackRock Proclaims Crypto Will Surpass International Currencies The CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, has continued to sing Bitcoin’s praises. Fink spoke about the growing demand he is witnessing for cryptocurrencies among gold clients in the Friday interview, asserting that crypto will, in the future, “transcend any one currency.” Larry Fink Sees Immense Crypto Demand From Gold InvestorsBlackRock boss Larry Fink sees a future where crypto serves as a universal asset. During a Friday interview with CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, Fink stated that while he couldn’t talk about Bitcoin specifically as BlackRock had filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for permission to create a spot Bitcoin ETF, cryptocurrencies have “a differentiating value versus other asset classes.”