BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview on Oct 12, 2025, equated Bitcoin's role to gold's as a store of value and hedge against fiat debasement, retracting his 2017 "money laundering" skepticism. finance.yahoo.com +1 This endorsement from the $12.5T AUM giant boosts market confidence by legitimizing BTC as a mainstream asset, driving ETF inflows ($18B+ YTD for IBIT) and retail adoption (50% of demand from new investors), potentially stabilizing volatility and attracting conservative capital amid debt fears.
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Ethereum surges toward its $4,878 ATH (~$4,500 now) due to record ETF inflows ($10B+ YTD), Pectra upgrade boosting scalability, institutional adoption (e.g., staking whales at 6.7M ETH), and Fed rate cuts fueling risk appetite. Momentum appears sustainable through 2025, with forecasts eyeing $5K-$6.5K on Layer-2 growth and DeFi TVL ATHs, though volatility looms if support at $4,300 breaks.
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In September 2025, spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen robust inflows, e.g., $553M on Sep 11 (led by BlackRock's IBIT at $366M) and $364M on Sep 8, signaling institutional confidence amid BTC at ~$107K. Ethereum spot ETFs show mixed but positive trends, with $44M net inflow on Sep 9 (all to ETHA) and $113M on Sep 11, though August had outflows; ETH eyes $5K.
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