Larry Fink Talks Bitcoin: From 'Money Laundering Index and Thieves' to Leading the Largest Bitcoin ETF On December 4, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink addressed his dramatic shift in attitude toward Bitcoin at the DealBook Summit 2025. Fink admitted that back in 2017, he did call Bitcoin a 'money laundering index and thieves,' but he emphasized that people need to evolve. He revealed that after deep conversations with believers in the crypto industry, his perspective changed around 2021-2022. Fink stated that he now sees massive future use cases for Bitcoin, which is why BlackRock now owns the world's largest Bitcoin ETF. Fink called this a very public example of the evolution of his mindset. Source: New York Times Events and The New York Times