BlackRock's Mitchnick to Speak at Bitcoin Treasuries Conference
Bitcoin (BTC)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Cryptobriefing.com reports that Robert Mitchnick, BlackRock’s Managing Director and global head of digital assets, will speak at the second annual Bitcoin Treasuries Conference on September 28 in New York City. The closed-door event takes place at SECOND in Manhattan and is limited to 300 attendees to foster deal-making rather than serving as a traditional expo. Mitchnick, who architected the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT), joins a roster of speakers collectively representing over 1 million BTC in holdings.
Other confirmed participants include Adam Back, CEO of Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company ($BSTR), Grant Cardone, Matt Cole of Strive, and Ric Edelman. The conference agenda covers custody frameworks, the trade-offs between ETFs and direct on-chain ownership, and strategic implications of crypto sector mergers and acquisitions. Ticket prices range from $295 for students or nonprofits to $795 for general admission, with VIP access costing $1,995.
This year’s gathering follows last year’s inaugural edition, which contributed to a $1.4 billion acquisition involving approximately 11,000 BTC. The intimate format aims to produce candid conversations about the merits and limitations of IBIT alongside direct-holding strategies.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for BTC, measured when this story was written up on 15 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
BTC is trading at $78,189.21 on Binance spot, with a 24-hour buy ratio of 53.2% indicating a majority of volume is buying. However, the 1-hour buy ratio has dropped to 29.3%, suggesting that short-term buying pressure is fading compared to the broader daily trend. The 4-hour buy ratio sits at 50.4%, showing a neutral balance between buyers and sellers in the immediate intermediate term. Volume delta data reveals a net outflow of $25,282,425 in the last hour, contrasting with a net inflow of $1,012,342 over the past four hours. This shift indicates that while the daily trend remains positive, recent trading activity has seen more selling than buying. The 24-hour volume delta remains positive at $77,595,385, confirming that the day has been net bullish overall despite the recent hourly dip.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.7% sits at the 18th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.2% - weaker buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for BTC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 48.2%, making today’s 24-hour ratio of 53.2% an unusually high level of buying interest. This represents a 5.0 point increase over the weekly average, signaling stronger than usual demand. Spot volume today was 1.15 times the weekly average, further highlighting this elevated activity. In contrast, the weekly volume delta was negative at -$304,872,412, showing that despite today’s strength, the broader week has seen net selling. Only two of the past seven days saw net buying, suggesting today’s performance is an outlier in a generally mixed week. The price has declined 1.2% over the eight-day period, indicating that the recent buying surge has not yet reversed the longer-term downward trend.