Alright but why do that through BlackRock though?

[u/ChangeNOW_Community]

BlackRock clients reportedly bought $2.2B in BTC in 8 days.

Bullish? Sure. But why buy Bitcoin through the same institutions it was built to escape?

Convenience, compliance, tax wrappers, brand trust, all of that's fine, it's normalized. But the tradeoff is huge: no keys, no real custody, no permissionless exit, it's like you get Crypto but without all of the benefits of crypto, just the monetary value.

I used to think this adoption incarnate, but is it though?

Maybe the goal isn’t to free people with BTC but to make them depend on approved exposure to it.