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Back in 2017, during the height of the crypto boom, Fink was firmly entrenched in skepticism. At a conference he famously denounced Bitcoin, calling it “an index of money laundering”—an explosive critique that equated the digital currency with illicit activity. To him, Bitcoin represented a chaotic, unregulated playground for speculators and criminals, fundamentally undermining the trust-based architecture of traditional finance, built on regulation, middlemen, and intrinsic value.