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Who Says Chinese Investors Can’t Own Bitcoin? Mystery Firm Pours $436 Million Into BlackRock’s ETF – iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ:IBIT)

According to Bitwise Invest advisor Jeff Park, China may be seeing “capital flight” into crypto.

Is Chinese Capital Entering Quietly?

Recent 13F filings show Laurore Ltd., a previously unknown Hong Kong–based firm, as a major holder of BlackRock‘s iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ:IBIT).

The filer is listed as “Zhang Hui,” a common Chinese name.

Laurore has no website, public profile or operating history.

Its structure, likely based in the Cayman Islands or British Virgin Islands, resembles a typical offshore vehicle used to access U.S. markets.

Notably, the firm reports holding just one asset: a $436 million position entirely in IBIT. That suggests it may have been created specifically to…

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