There is too much pessimism around Europe and it could be time to be investing back in the region, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said at the World Economic Forum annual meeting on Friday.

There is too much pessimism around Europe and it could be time to investing back in the region, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday. "There's too much pessimism on Europe,

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

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink speaks on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Norah O'Donnell Exits Ahead of Hard Pivot for ‘CBS Evening News'

Global inflation hasn’t yet died and advanced economies outside China can’t be complacent at a time of fickle consumers and trade tensions, according to the last Davos panel of 2025.

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.

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The CEO of the largest asset manager in the world says that Bitcoin (BTC) could see drastically higher prices if sovereign wealth funds begin accumulating.

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.

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.