Bitcoin Is Down but Asset’s Role as Global Monetary Alternative Remains, Says Blackrock

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Is Down but Asset’s Role as Global Monetary Alternative Remains, Says Blackrock Bitcoin’s price is down nearly 50% since its October record.

But investors shouldn’t worry, the world’s largest asset manager has said, and the cryptocurrency still plays a role as “a global monetary alternative.”  In a report Monday, Robert Mitchnick, global head of digital assets at the firm, said that the ongoing rise in U.S.

and global government debt and deficits hasn’t slowed.  BlackRock has argued alongside other Bitcoin proponents that the oldest and biggest cryptocurrency can be a hedge against governments printing money.  JUST IN: $15 trillion BlackRock reports they're still bullish on Bitcoin despite the -50% decline from its all time high "bitcoin’s core investment case as an important emerging global monetary alternative and unique portfolio diversifier remains unchanged." pic.twitter.com/lL2tWQ6iZr— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 18, 2026 Noting that there was seemingly no way governments could not debase their currencies, the report added: “With no credible path for consolidation on the horizon, these fiscal dynamics reinforce the strategic case for assets with supply constraints beyond the discretion of central banks, governed by geology in the case of gold and mathematics and code in the case of bitcoin.”  The Wall Street titan added that bitcoin’s price has consistently been volatile during its 17-year history, but investors...