Mike Savior

Big Wall Street names are buying Bitcoin — should you?

April 07, 20253 min read

Not long ago, the mere mention of Bitcoin on Wall Street would draw smirks and skepticism. Today, some of the world’s largest financial institutions are not only embracing it — they’re buying in. BlackRock. Fidelity. JPMorgan. Goldman Sachs. The list of titans turning toward Bitcoin is growing. So the question is obvious: should you?

Let’s break it down — not with hype or headlines, but with first principles, economic history, and an honest look at what Bitcoin really represents in this moment.


A Quick Recap: What Just Happened?

In 2024, BlackRock launched a Bitcoin ETF. That’s the largest asset manager on earth giving retail and institutional investors exposure to Bitcoin through traditional finance. Meanwhile, Fidelity allows Bitcoin purchases in retirement accounts. Banks like JPMorgan, which once mocked the asset, now offer it to clients.

This is not just adoption. This is legitimization.

And for many retail investors, that’s the signal they’ve been waiting for. If the smartest money on Wall Street is buying, why wouldn’t you?

But don’t stop there. Because if you’re buying Bitcoin simply because Wall Street is, you’re missing the point.


Bitcoin Is Not Just Another Asset

Bitcoin is not just a tech stock with better returns. It’s not just a hedge against inflation. It’s not a get-rich-quick scheme (even if some treat it that way).

At its core, Bitcoin is a monetary revolution — one that challenges everything we thought we knew about money, capital, and trust.

As the authors of Bitcoin is Venice write, Bitcoin isn’t here to fix finance. It’s here to replace it. Not with another centralized alternative, but with an open, decentralized protocol — peer-to-peer money that works without central banks, middlemen, or bailouts. It’s not “finance with better branding.” It’s capitalism with rules instead of rulers.


Wall Street Is Playing Catch-Up

When institutions buy Bitcoin, they aren’t leading a movement. They’re following it.

Wall Street isn’t adopting Bitcoin out of love for freedom, or to build a better world. It’s adopting Bitcoin because it can no longer afford to ignore it. Because it sees Bitcoin not as a threat — but as an opportunity for profit, fees, and productization.

But here’s the thing: Bitcoin wasn’t designed to be Wall Street’s newest profit center. It was designed to exit Wall Street altogether.

That’s the red pill moment. This isn’t about ETFs. It’s about sovereignty.


So, Should You Buy Bitcoin?

Yes — but not because BlackRock did.

Buy it because you understand that fiat money is melting. Because the dollar you earn today is worth less tomorrow. Because saving has become speculation. Because inflation, debt, and financial repression are no longer bugs — they’re features of the system.

Buy it because Bitcoin gives you a way out — not through violence or revolution, but through opt-out. As The Bitcoin Standard explains, Bitcoin is the hardest money ever invented. It aligns time preference with responsibility. It allows capital formation instead of capital destruction. It encourages long-term thinking in a short-term world.

Buy it because it gives you ownership in a monetary network no government can print, censor, or inflate.

Buy it because you believe in building, not borrowing. Saving, not spending. Freedom, not permission.


The Bottom Line

Wall Street is late to Bitcoin. That doesn’t mean you should be. But don’t just follow the money — understand the mission.

Buying Bitcoin isn’t just a trade. It’s a choice. Between a system that consumes capital and one that conserves it. Between fiat games and real ownership. Between control and freedom.

So yes — buy Bitcoin.

But buy it before the next BlackRock does.

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