BLACKROCK SAYS BITCOIN IS GOING HIGHER & BIG RIPPLE XRP RLUSD NEWS!
June 17, 2026
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5 min readBlackRock Says Bitcoin Is Going Higher & Big Ripple XRP RLUSD News
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has launched a new Bitcoin income ETF and its chief investment officer publicly stated that Bitcoin is "ultimately going considerably higher" — all while the market remains deep in bear territory. The episode covers multiple major developments across crypto adoption, tokenization, and stablecoin infrastructure, with Ripple making a significant push into African payments and Coinbase launching tokenized stocks.
BlackRock Doubles Down on Bitcoin
BlackRock's new Bitcoin Premium Income ETF began trading Tuesday, designed to generate yield from Bitcoin exposure rather than simply tracking spot price. Jay Jacobs, BlackRock's U.S. head of equity ETFs, explained the product had been "an idea for a while" and aims to serve investors who want "to generate some amount of income off of still having a mostly large, mostly long position to Bitcoin." The launch comes during a bear market, which Jacobs suggested could actually be favorable timing since the asset is sitting idle anyway.
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- 2 (01:05) **Show Intro & Host Welcome** - Tony Edward opens the Thinking Crypto Podcast, asks for subscribes and ratings
- 3 (01:23) **BlackRock Launches Bitcoin Premium Income ETF** - BlackRock's new yield product goes live, targeting income generation from Bitcoin holdings
- 4 (02:50) **BlackRock CIO Rick Rieder Says Bitcoin "Going Considerably Higher"** - Audio clip plays where Rieder states Bitcoin's ultimate direction is up despite current chop
- 5 (03:48) **Bear Market Accumulation Zone & Chart Analysis** - Host discusses current market conditions and potential price scenarios
- 6 (04:55) **Whale Accumulation Data: 250,000+ BTC Bought** - Glassnode on-chain data shows large buyers added Bitcoin between $59,000-$67,000 since June 5th
- 7 (05:34) **Coinbase Launches Tokenized Stocks & AI Advisor** - Coinbase introduces 1:1 backed tokenized stocks with on-chain ownership, dividends, and redemption
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
00:24 BlackRock Bitcoin ETF & Price
03:41 Big money buys Bitcoin dip
04:24 Coinbase tokenized stocks
07:32 State Street Stablecoin Money Market Fund
09:20 Ripple XRPL Flutterwave 10:33 Ripple RLUSD cross chain swap
11:30 China Digital Yuan Standard Chartered =================================
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