people...
▪️ value cryptoassets
▪️ hold cryptoassets
▪️ trade cryptoassets
▪️ borrow cryptoassets
▪️ use crypto applications
▪️ transact with stablecoins
▪️ earn by building in crypto
▪️ can use crypto networks for ~free
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People value cryptoassets
▪️ Five cryptoassets have reached a market cap of over $100 billion
▪️ The combined market cap of these 5 assets is ~$3 trillion
People hold cryptoassets
▪️ Close to 1 billion unique addresses hold a cryptoasset balance
▪️ The tokenholder count has gone up 10x over the past four years
People trade cryptoassets
▪️ The monthly DEX trading volume regularly surpasses $200 billion
▪️ The DEX market sector took off properly in July '20
People borrow cryptoassets
▪️ Over $20 billion is actively borrowed via onchain lending marketplaces
▪️ The active loans figure has been up only since January '23
People use crypto applications
▪️ The global daily active user count in crypto is at all-time highs of 18.7 million
▪️ The same figure was 7.7 million at the start of '24
People transact with stablecoins
▪️ The global stablecoin supply is at all-time highs of $190 billion
▪️ The stablecoin supply has increased by over $60 billion since the start of '24
People earn by building in crypto
▪️ The quarterly revenue for the crypto market is close to $3 billion
▪️ The quarterly revenue figure has been trending up since Q4 '22
People can use crypto networks for ~free
▪️ It is possible to transact on a blockchain for less than $0.01
▪️ Transaction fees are no longer a blocker for the mainstream adoption of crypto applications
▪️ Owner of @iShares, Bitcoin Trust ($18B AUM)
▪️ Owner in @circle, the issuer of USDC ($32B supply)
▪️ Owner in @Securitize, the transfer agent for the BUIDL onchain money market fund ($300M AUM)
2. BITCOIN (ASSET)
The firm sees three unique advantages to BTC the asset:
▪️ BlackRock serves customers across the globe and now, with BTC and IBIT, has a unique product to sell to its clients.
▪️ It’s likely that BlackRock will productize all major cryptoassets (ETH, SOL, etc.) in a similar manner.
3. BLOCKCHAIN (TECHNOLOGY)
The firm believes that blockchain technology can improve capital markets in several ways:
1⃣ 24/7 operational capital markets
2⃣ Improved transparency and investor access
3⃣ Lower fees and faster settlement
Strategy:
▪️ We believe that @BlackRock will eventually launch its own blockchain, and follow a similar playbook that Coinbase has used with @base.
▪️ This would allow BlackRock to concentrate the recordkeeping of its holdings across asset classes ($10T AUM) to a single, global, interoperable, and transparent ledger.
Great interview on the topic w/ @robbiemitchnick
More @BlackRock BUIDL data coming to the Terminal 🔜