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Ch. 24|Institutional Entry

When the world’s largest asset manager files a Bitcoin ETF application, it’s not a rumor anymore — it’s a signal. BlackRock’s entry into crypto marked the moment the industry crossed from the fringe into the financial mainstream. Trustless covers the institutional wave: the ETF approvals, the custody battles, the quiet meetings between Wall Street and Washington, and what it means when the same firms that dismissed Bitcoin start buying it by the billions.