Two recent events have set the market abuzz, and both point in the same direction.

First, Larry Fink, head of BlackRock, which manages $10 trillion, publicly admitted he was wrong at the New York Times Summit. He once called Bitcoin a "money-laundering tool," but now refers to it as "digital gold." Even more impressively, his company's spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) has become the largest in the world. The attitude shift from traditional financial giants is happening right before our eyes—a complete 180-degree turn.

The second event is even more direct—Tom Lee, a top crypto analyst on Wall Street, is putting real money on the line. On-chain data shows that his firm, BitMine, has bought over $370 million worth of ETH in just over a week. This isn’t a short-term play; he’s publicly expressed optimism about the recent Fusaka upgrade (which added a gas cap to transactions and enhanced security), and his long-term target is between $7,000 and $9,000.

One is admitting fault with words, the other is betting with money. The signal is clear: Ethereum is becoming stronger through technical upgrades like "hard invariants," and both established whales and emerging institutions are voting with their actions.

Here’s the question: Is this collective shift among big players the prelude to a bull market comeback, or the start of the next narrative? What do you think?