In today’s edition of Crypto Daily News, we’ll cover the winner of the Crypto World Cup, BlackRock eyeing Bitcoin (available on Coinbase), and the details of American Express’s blockchain exploration.

Charles Hoskinson/France Wins it All

This Saturday, France duked it out against Croatia in the World Cup, and France won 4-2. Here at CryptoCurrencyNews.com, we held our own ‘Crypto World Cup’ in which we randomly paired cryptocurrency celebrities with countries competing in the global tournament.

The Crypto World Cup ended up being a phenomenal event, and we’d like to congratulate Charles Hoskinson/France for coming out on top!

*Side Note: This was a random pairing, and our company received no monetary incentives from celebrities to be paired with a specific team. The tournament was just for fun.

BlackRock Lifts Crypto Market

The CEO of the world’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF), BlackRock, told Reuters this morning that his company assembled their own group to look into cryptocurrencies. Larry Fink told the publication that his company doesn’t see “massive investor demand” currently, but BlackRock will continue to explore cryptocurrencies regardless.

This news caused a rise in the price of many major cryptocurrencies this morning. According to CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) (BTC) is currently trading at $6,636.08 a coin, up 3.92%. The total market cap for all cryptocurrencies is currently sitting just below $270 billion.