Imho you should only cheer Blackrock and other institutions if you are able to run an open source Bitcoin wallet along with a full node. When, not if, Blackrock tries to do an “ESG” fork or other shady shit we need many technically savvy bitcoiners who can be today’s version of the small blockers.
nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 and nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx have great content and tutorials. It’s a few hours of your time to preserve your most valuable asset. It’s also actually fun and interesting.