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Inside BlackRock’s Crypto Strategy: Tokenization, Stablecoins & The Next Trillion | Robbie Mitchnick, Head of Digital Assets

10 Nov 2025

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BlackRock’s Head of Crypto Robbie Mitchnick joins Ryan to unpack how institutions are actually allocating (and why correlation to “digital gold” matters), what the ETF data says about demand for BTC and ETH, and why the October leverage flush didn’t dent long-term adoption. We dig into BlackRock’s tokenization roadmap, from the BUIDL-style tokenized money market funds and the Genius Act angle to the stablecoin flywheel, plus what’s still missing: secondary liquidity and pragmatic regulatory clarity. Robbie lays out a realistic 24–36 month path, a 2026 “show-me” phase for real utility, and candid advice for allocators on sizing and asset selection. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAXNET | MINT, REDEEM, EARN https://bankless.cc/fraxnet 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR L2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 💤EIGHT SLEEP | IMPROVE YOUR SLEEP https://bankless.cc/eight-sleep 💠BIT DIGITAL ($BTBT) | ETH TREASURY https://bankless.cc/bit-digital We’re being compensated by Bit Digital (NASDAQ BTBT) for this segment promoting their company and BTBT. The compensation is paid in cash as a one time payment. You can find additional information about Bit Digital and BTBT on their Investor page at https://bit-digital.com/investors ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Is It Over? 11:54 Institutional Response to Liquidations 13:57 Bitcoin vs Gold 16:36 Bitcoin’s IPO Moment? 19:29 Next Catalyst 24:23 Institutional Growth 26:41 Central Bank Adoption 28:25 BlackRock ETFs 30:21 Ethereum ETFs 32:38 Tokenization Roadmap 35:33 GENIUS-Aligned Money Market Fund 38:08 Progress in Tokenization 43:04 Regulatory Clarity 46:30 Bull Case for Tokenization 48:08 Is Wall Street Convinced? 49:59 Bear Case for Tokenization 52:01 Restructuring Banks 54:16 How Many Stablecoins? 55:10 1-Year Goals 57:37 Advice to Institutional Investors 59:47 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Robbie Mitchnick https://x.com/robbiemitchnick Blackrock Digital Assets https://www.blackrock.com/us/financial-professionals/investments/products/bitcoin-investing “Bitcoin’s Silent IPO” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoins-silent-ipo-analyst-addresses-144047837.html ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

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Inside BlackRock’s Crypto Strategy: Tokenization, Stablecoins & The Next Trillion | Robbie Mitchnick, Head of Digital Assets

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