A rally in big tech fueled by optimism over artificial intelligence and a batch of earnings from corporate heavyweights sent stocks to the brink of their all-time highs.

BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink as revealed he's had discussions with sovereign wealth funds about buying bitcoin..

BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink said investors are too quick to conclude that high inflation is over, raising the prospect that bond yields will rise along with steeper prices.

BlackRock Inc. stuck agreements with Boaz Weinstein’s Saba Capital Management that will end the activist-hedge fund’s battle with BlackRock over dozens of closed-end funds whose share prices had tumbled deeply below the value of their underlying assets.

The CEO of Bitcoin ETF giant BlackRock said that continued adoption of BTC could push the asset's price to a multiple of the current mark.

Fink was sharing the stage with Peng Xiao, the CEO of AI company G42, who interjected with “to some extent” on Fink’s contention that fear drives bitcoin. But Fink just doubled down on the idea that it was “okay” for bitcoin’s fortunes to rely on fear.

A day after his inauguration as US President, Donald Trump unveiled a $100 billion venture to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure, backed by three of the biggest names in tech - OpenAI, SoftBank Group Corp.

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price continues to decline, trading below $102,000 at the time of writing on Thursday after falling 2.3% the previous day. Later in the day, BTC could expect volatility after the US weekly Initial Jobless Claims data release. In an interview with Bloomberg Live on Wednesday, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said BTC could raise to $700,000.

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price continues to decline, trading below $102,000 at the time of writing on Thursday after falling 2.3% the previous day. Later in the day, BTC could expect volatility after the US weekly Initial Jobless Claims data release. In an interview with Bloomberg Live on Wednesday, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said BTC could raise to $700,000.

Options traders whipsawed by the stock market’s recent gyrations are getting anxious that more bouts of volatility may arrive in the coming days, starting with Wednesday’s report on consumer prices.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said that Bitcoin could climb as high as $700,000 per coin, driven by collective, small allocations from asset managers worldwide.

Europe’s financial industry is in danger of falling behind if the bloc and national governments don’t come up with way to make their regulatory environment more competitive, BlackRock Inc. Vice Chairman Philipp Hildebrand said.