Regulations have not been set for crypto, but that isn’t stopping Blackrock from getting things in place. They signed a deal with Coinbase last week to begin to offer their clients access to crypto trading. Given that the entire crypto market is about $2 trillion, as this is being typed, and Blackrock manages about $10 trillion, this could have a big impact on the crypto markets.
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