Far in the realm of finance, where men in black suits chase after numbers as if salvation itself were encoded in the dollar’s trembling script, a story unfolds—one part comedy, one part tragedy, and all parts absurdity. That ancient knight, BlackRock, lord over $11 trillion in the world’s gold and folly, decided (as bored lords often do) to buy a mere $2,500,000,000 in Bitcoin. ‘Investment,’ they call it, as if that word alone could beat back the shadows of uncertainty. The proud digital coin, Bitcoin, now circles the $100,000 mark, like a stubborn ox plodding around the mill—its price refusing to flinch, as if enjoying the anxiety of onlookers.
And who narrates this scene but Arkham, a market intelligence firm whose title conjures more thoughts of madmen in asylums than sober accountants. On X (which in better days was simply called Twitter), they whisper to the masses that BlackRock’s appetite last week was $2.5 billion of Bitcoin, a sum large enough to make even the most jaded oligarchs spit up their morning vodka.
Then comes Larry Fink, writing his epistle with the somber gravity one expects from men who control more money than God and half as many morals. “The dollar, carrier of America’s dreams and debts, may not always rule the world’s pockets,” muses Larry, stroking his beard (or so one must imagine). The debt clock ticks more eagerly than a mother-in-law awaiting the wedding cake. Interest will soon outpace defense—which, frankly, is what one expects when money is handed out like candy at a child’s birthday party. By 2030, warns the oracle Fink, the government may spend so much on debts and obligations that there’s nothing left for little things like bridges, schools, or slightly used fighter jets. “Let us beware,” says he, “lest Bitcoin, that upstart peasant, seize from the dollar its dusty crown.”
Meanwhile, in another corner of this drama, Riot Platforms (the name alone suggests either a tech firm or a very mediocre punk band), has been selling off their hard-won bitcoins. In April, they dutifully sold 475, netting $38.8 million—hardly enough to buy a top-floor apartment in central Moscow, but one must begin somewhere. Each transaction sent to NYDIG—the mysterious bank at the end of this labyrinth—provokes speculation: Are they selling more? Are they merely bored? Or have they simply tired of the electric hum of mining rigs in the night?
As of this moment, their treasure stands at 6,611 BTC, amounting to $642 million. ‘A pittance!’ the czars of old might laugh—but in our day, it is a sum fit to buy a mid-range politician or several thousand loaves of gluten-free bread.
And as the sun sets over Wall Street, Bitcoin hovers at $97,238—a number as arbitrary as a New Year’s resolution, and as meaningful as the love confessions scribbled on the inside covers of Tolstoy’s own manuscripts. Who can say what tomorrow brings? But truly, if there’s one lesson to be had, it’s that nothing brings people together like sheer, undiluted greed—and perhaps, a well-timed emoji. 😂💸
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