Having told Fox Business last week that the role of cryptocurrency was largely "digitizing gold," suggesting US regulators consider how an ETF directly linked to Bitcoin could democratize finance, and has the potential to "revolutionize" the financial system; BlackRock CEO Larry Fink was once again doing the media rounds this week, expounding on his new (flip-flopped) role as crypto-cheerleader.

From crypto-hater in 2017, the CEO of the world's largest asset-manager is now telling anyone who will listen that crypto will transcend international currencies.