BlackRock CEO Larry Fink expressed renewed optimism about financial markets over the coming year, while also offering a more constructive assessment of Bitcoin, saying the cryptocurrency market has become more stable following the removal of excessive leverage.
Speaking in a CNBC interview, Fink said, “I’m very bullish on the markets over the next 12 months,” citing the ongoing technological transformation driven by artificial intelligence and infrastructure investment.
Although his bullish outlook focused on the broader market, Fink also reflected on Bitcoin’s evolution, contrasting today’s environment with previous crypto market cycles.
Additionally, discussing financial stability, Fink noted that one of his biggest concerns in earlier years had been the amount of leverage built into cryptocurrency markets.
“I was always worried about the leverage in Bitcoin and crypto. There was too much leveraged players in it. That’s why we had to wash out. And I think there’s more stability at these levels here,” he said.



 Notably, his remarks suggest that the painful deleveraging experienced across the digital asset sector has helped create a healthier market structure. Rather than viewing leverage as a major systemic threat today, Fink said he sees far less implicit leverage across global capital markets than during the period surrounding the 2008 financial crisis.
The comments add to the growing shift in institutional sentiment toward Bitcoin, with many large asset managers increasingly treating the cryptocurrency as part of a diversified investment portfolio rather than a purely speculative asset.
Beyond cryptocurrencies, Fink spent much of the discussion highlighting artificial intelligence as the next major driver of economic growth.
According to the CEO, demand for computing infrastructure continues to exceed available supply, creating investment opportunities across data centers, semiconductor manufacturing, and power generation.
“We see as a big investor in data centers, the demand for compute is not slowing down. It’s growing faster,” Fink stated.
He warned that insufficient investment in electricity grids and power generation could become a bottleneck for AI adoption, stressing that affordable and reliable energy will determine which regions benefit most from the technology boom.
Meanwhile, Fink also voiced concern that smaller businesses could struggle to compete if computing costs remain elevated, saying the industry must continue reducing the cost of AI infrastructure.
He pointed to the firm’s expanding use of automation and artificial intelligence to process more transactions without increasing headcount, while AI-assisted software development has accelerated coding efficiency.
The executive said these technological gains have helped expand BlackRock’s operating margins and should continue supporting profitability as private markets and retirement-related businesses grow.
At the time of writing, BTC changed hands at $66,242, reflecting a 2% gain over the past 24 hours.
