BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) is close to reaching $500 million in assets under management. The tokenized fund, represented by the BUIDL token on the Ethereum network, now holds $491 million in assets, according to Dune Analytics data. Blockchain analytics platform IntoTheBlock noted that this milestone comes during a period of price struggles […]
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In a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund disclosed its ownership of 43,000 shares of the asset manager’s Bitcoin ETF, iShares Bitcoin Trust, as of April 30. This announcement follows two previous filings by BlackRock on May 28, which disclosed the fund’s exposure to Bitcoin in its Strategic Global Bond Fund and Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio. BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Investment Plan The investment giant’s move towards Bitcoin integration became evident in March when it submitted a filing to the SEC, expressing its intention to include Bitcoin ETFs in its Global Allocation Fund. BlackRock’s objective is to invest in Bitcoin ETFs that directly hold BTC, aiming to mirror the performance of the digital currency market. The company’s filing specified that the Global Allocation Fund may acquire shares in exchange-traded products (ETPs) that seek to reflect the price of Bitcoin by directly holding the cryptocurrency. However, it clarified that investments in Bitcoin ETPs will be limited to those listed and traded on recognized national securities exchanges. Related Reading: Dogecoin Profitability Rises To 75% As Shiba Inu Plunges To 52% This initiative aligns with BlackRock’s broader investment strategy for its Global Allocation Fund, a mutual fund designed to diversify investors through a wide range of assets, including equities, bonds, and potentially Bitcoin ETPs. With $17.8 billion in assets under management (AUM) and a year-to-date return of 4.61% as of March 2024, the fund aims to capitalize on global investment opportunities while effectively managing risk and pursuing long-term capital growth and income. This marks the third internal BlackRock fund to invest in Bitcoin through the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF. The Strategic Global Bond Fund, Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio, and now the Global Allocation Fund have all recognized the potential of Bitcoin as an investment asset. Bitcoin Price Analysis In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin has shown resilience by reclaiming the $61,780 level after experiencing a dip to as low as $58,000 on Monday. This recovery suggests that the leading cryptocurrency is withstanding the selling pressure it has encountered over the past week, indicating a potential continuation of its halted uptrend. According to technical analyst Ali Martinez, Bitcoin is forming an Adam & Eve bottoming pattern, which could lead to a projected 6% increase towards $66,000 if BTC maintains a candlestick close above the $62,200 level. Furthermore, historical data indicates that July has historically been favorable for Bitcoin’s price growth, particularly in years of Halving. Analyzing the image above, 7 out of the previous 11 July months resulted in positive gains. The green months, in particular, generated an impressive upside of 16.52%, while the red months experienced a downside of 6.99%. Examining the performance of Bitcoin in the third quarter (Q3), the data presents a more balanced picture. Out of the previous 11 Q3 periods, 5 were positive. Green Q3s, on average, produced a significant upside of 33.52%, while red Q3s generated an average downside of 16.023%. Related Reading: Chainlink (LINK) To Hit New Highs? Analysts Predict $25 Target Whether historical price performance will repeat itself, leading to price gains for BTC, remains to be answered. If history were to repeat in this scenario, it could potentially result in Bitcoin retesting its all-time high, which reached $73,700 in March, potentially even surpassing it. Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com
BlackRock's BUIDL fund now supports Mountain Protocol's wUSDM, increasing its security and utility for DeFi applications.
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In a pronounced shift in the digital assets landscape, the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, signaled a stronger alignment with public blockchain networks, notably Ethereum, over permissioned alternatives. This key insight emerged during the “Beyond Bitcoin ETFs – What’s Next on the Institutional Roadmap?” panel at Coinbase’s State of Crypto Summit 2024 on Thursday. BlackRock […]
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan released a compelling investor memo titled “Washington Awakens: This Is What Alpha Looks Like,” predicting a monumental shift in the crypto market influenced by changing regulatory landscapes, potentially surpassing the impact of BlackRock’s foray into Bitcoin and altcoins. This Crypto Development Is Bigger Than BlackRock In his memo, Hougan […]
The U.S.-based spot bitcoin ETFs yesterday made it 15-consecutive sessions of net inflows, with the latest rush of money combing with a rally in the price of {{BTC}} to send BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Fund (IBIT) to more than $20 billion in assets under management for the first time.
However, the impressive flows from BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC haven’t been enough to gain on the leading ETF asset manager by total flows, Vanguard.
American multinational investment company BlackRock, has recently achieved a monumental milestone, recording over $20 billion in total assets. The BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF has successfully surpassed Grayscale to become the largest Bitcoin fund in the world. BlackRock Overtakes Grayscale BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust has recently become the world’s largest Bitcoin fund, overtaking its primary rival, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). Related Reading: Shiba Inu Open Interest Explodes 85% Amid 15% Price Jump, Why This Is Important As of Tuesday, May 28, BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF held around $19.68 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM), overthrowing Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF with $19.65 billion and surpassing the third largest, Fidelity Investments, which recorded $11.1 billion in AUM. Over the past two days, BlackRock has recorded more inflows, pushing its AUM to more than $20 billion presently. Following the launch of its Spot Bitcoin ETF on January 11, Grayscale has consistently recorded massive outflows worth billions of dollars. For years, the asset management company was the world’s largest Bitcoin fund, reaching a peak of about $44 billion in 2021. However, since its conversion into an ETF at the beginning of 2024, investors have pulled out almost $18 billion from Grayscale’s Bitcoin fund. On May 3, GBTC recorded its first inflow, receiving approximately $63 million, and effectively ending its 82-day streak of outflows. Its previous outflows had already significantly weakened Grayscale’s position as the largest Bitcoin ETF. In contrast, BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF has been recording millions of inflows since its launch, making it unsurprising that IBIT has eventually surpassed Grayscale’s GBTC. BlackRock has only recorded a handful of outflows and minimal zero flows. Its highest recorded inflow occurred on March 12, with IBIT gathering approximately $849 million in a single day. Additionally, BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF witnessed its first outflow on May 1, losing about $36.9 million. On the same day, Grayscale had reported outflows of more than $167 million. Investors are likely favoring BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF due to its relatively affordable ETF management fees, which decreased from 0.30% to 0.25%. On the other hand, Grayscale has the highest ETF management fees among all the 11 approved United States Spot Bitcoin ETFs. While the asset management company has promised to slash fees, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust’s current ETF management fees remain as high as 1.5% annually. Still Leading Spot Bitcoin ETF Net Inflows According to Farside data, for the past week, BlackRock has been leading the Spot Bitcoin ETF race, recording the most inflows out of the 11 Spot Bitcoin ETFs. Related Reading: Shiba Inu Price Prediction: SHIB Shows Unusually High Strength Against Dogecoin Excluding May 27, when all United States Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw zero flows, BlackRock recorded a total of $127.1 million for the first two days. BlackRock’s Bitcoin Trust saw $102.5 million in inflows on Wednesday, while Grayscale’s Spot Bitcoin ETF witnessed outflows of $105.2 million. Currently, Grayscale is still recording more outflows, losing $31.1 million as of writing. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
BlackRock’s $20 billion spot Bitcoin ETF recorded inflows of over $102 million on May 28, while Grayscale’s ETF bled again.
Spot Ether ETFs might be weeks or months away from debuting on exchanges, as the ETF filers have yet to receive their S-1 SEC registration.
BlackRock's spot Ethereum ETF, $ETHA, is now listed on DTCC following SEC's approval of multiple Ethereum ETFs.
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Salim Ramji wants to stick with Vanguard’s investment philosophy which excludes offering Bitcoin as it is too speculative an asset.
Salim Ramji spoke highly of Bitcoin and blockchain technology when overseeing BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF filing.
The U.S. state of Wisconsin purchased 94,562 shares of the BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the first quarter of the year, a filing shows. The shares are worth nearly $100 million.
MilkyBull, a well-known personality in the world of cryptocurrency analysis, has drawn attention lately for his analysis of Bitcoin’s price trajectory and his prediction of a situation that might cause more fear in the market. MilkyBull’s analysis delves into the subtleties of Bitcoin’s movement, identifying patterns and trends that could have a big impact on investor mood. Bitcoin Triggering Anxiety In The Market According to the analyst, the market will get even more fearful of the Bitcoin price path before it bottoms out and continues to rise. The analyst claimed that because of the current price of BTC, Blackrock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) saw its first-ever outflows since the approval of the Bitcoin Spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). Related Reading: Bitcoin Euphoria Cools Off As BTC Distribution Enters Fear Zone Furthermore, he reminded us that positive news always denotes the peak of a Bitcoin bull cycle, while negative news denotes the bottom. With this notion, investors could position themselves for the next trajectory BTC takes. To further explore his narrative, MilkyBull drew attention to a previous analysis regarding Bitcoin’s final local bottom in this cycle. Given that BTC is following the PA (Price Action) of 2017, MilkyBull believes that the crypto asset might have bottomed out or come close to it. Historically, the bull market support band strongly sustains the Bitcoin market in bull cycles. As a result, the analyst is confident that Bitcoin’s price may wick through the support and recover. Another aspect highlighted by the expert is the Global liquidity during past bull cycles. Presently, Global liquidity is closely linked to Bitcoin at a level where it recovered in October 2022 and October 2023, which led to the inception of a massive surge in the digital assets markets, sparking a massive surge in the whole cryptocurrency market. With the macro volatility on Tuesday, MilkyBull stated that Bitcoin is at a pivotal juncture for the last local bottom before it resumes its rise to the cycle peak. Though the market does not always respond to such expectations, the majority of members in the crypto space are requesting a correction to $48,000. BTC Poised For A Breakout On The Upside Another crypto analyst Captain Faibik has also spotted the largest cryptocurrency asset undergoing a price recovery lately. According to the expert, although BTC is currently seeing a rebound, it is still moving inside the falling wedge formation. Related Reading: Bitcoin Loses Historical Level, Analyst Says “Reclaim And Bounce, Or Die” Thus, Bitcoin’s bullish investors must overcome the $61,000 resistance level for the digital asset to break out from this formation. Should BTC break out from this formation successfully, Captain Faibik anticipates a notable move on the upside toward $78,000. Given that BTC is already trading above $61,000, all eyes are now set on the $78,000 price level. At the time of writing, BTC was situated at $61,701, indicating a rise of over 5% in the past day. Data from CoinMarketCap shows that its market cap has increased by 5%, while the trading volume is down by 21%. Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview.com
The asset manager has been helping educate pension funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds about the new spot bitcoin ETF products, the firm's head of digital assets said.
BlackRock and Securitize last month teamed up to create the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, which may prove to be geared toward RWA tokenization.
It took less than six weeks for the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund to surpass Franklin Templeton’s one year old tokenized treasury fund.
BlackRock's first tokenized offering, created with Securitize, has captured almost 30% of the $1.3 billion tokenized Treasury market in just six weeks.
A BlackRock spokesperson confirmed the firm wasn’t directly involved in Archax and Ownera’s decision to tokenize shares of BlackRock’s ICS Treasury Fund on Hedera.
In a surprising turn of events, the native token of the decentralized ledger platform Hedera, HBAR, experienced a significant price surge of over 100% during the early hours of Tuesday. Starting from a low of $0.0875, HBAR skyrocketed to reach the $0.1821 mark by Wednesday. The sudden surge was triggered by the news of BlackRock’s tokenized fund, BUIDL, which generated high expectations among HBAR investors regarding a potential collaboration between the prominent asset manager and the Hedera protocol. Not Directly Connected To Hedera? Launched by BlackRock in March 2024, BUIDL operates as a tokenized fund on the Ethereum blockchain, providing US dollar yields through tokenization. Related Reading: Newbie Bitcoin Whales Hold 2x As Much As Veterans: What’s Behind This Trend? Initially, an announcement led to confusion among investors, who mistakenly believed that BlackRock would directly tokenize the fund on the Hedera network. This misunderstanding triggered a significant surge in the HBAR price. Upon closer examination of the announcement, it became clear that BlackRock and Hedera had no direct connection, although the initial reaction to the news was noteworthy. Crypto analysts, who use the pseudonym “CrediBull” on social media site X (formerly Twitter), shed light on the situation, emphasizing that explicit permission from BlackRock was unnecessary to list tokenized versions of their funds. It was not a deliberate decision by BlackRock to tokenize on Hedera; rather, an existing platform on the network took the liberty of tokenizing one of BlackRock’s funds. However, for the analyst, the fact that a platform on Hedera was among the first to tokenize a BlackRock fund reflects the platform’s leadership in the space. Analyst Clarifies Misconception Further examination reveals that Archax, the company behind the tokenized BlackRock fund on Hedera, is a portfolio company of ABRDN Investments, the largest asset manager in the UK, with approximately $500 billion in assets under management (AUM). Additionally, CrediBull emphasizes that BlackRock happens to be the fourth-largest shareholder of ABRDN. Notably, around ten months ago, Archax tokenized one of ABRDN’s money market funds, preceding their launch of the BlackRock fund. An interview by the Head of Digital Assets at ABRDN clarifies their involvement in the tokenization process on Archax. A “distribution agreement” was signed permitting the tokenization to proceed. If a similar agreement were reached with BlackRock, it would imply the asset manager’s endorsement of the product. Related Reading: Analysts Identify Key Scenario For Bitcoin Hitting $100,000 Ultimately, the interview with the head of digital assets at ABRDN underscores the fact that significant players are utilizing and contributing to the growth of Hedera behind the scenes. Following the clarification of the situation, the price of HBAR has retraced to $0.1199. Nevertheless, it remains up 8% over the past 24 hours and has recorded an impressive gain of nearly 60% in the past seven days. CoinGecko data highlights a substantial surge in HBAR’s trading volume, which has increased by over 1,100% in the past few days. This surge in trading volume indicates the widespread confusion sparked by the initial news announcement. Featured image from Shutterstock, chart from TradingView.com
Asset management firm Grayscale has disclosed new details about its new Bitcoin Mini Trust fund, a “spin-off” of the GBTC exchange-traded fund (ETF). The new fund, which was first announced in March, is expected to operate independently and offer a cost-effective investment option to GBTC shareholders. Grayscale Offers Industry-Low Fee With New Fund According to […]
Popular economist and vocal opponent of Bitcoin Peter Schiff has issued a warning to the cryptocurrency community, predicting that BTC Spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) buyers will soon start bailing out as they become overwhelmed by the volatility in the market. Bitcoin ETF Buyers Will Soon Bail Out Being known for holding unconventional opinions, investors are […]
Asset manager Blackrock has emerged as the frontrunner in the Bitcoin ETF race in terms of inflows with its IBIT ETF, which is increasingly attracting institutions’ attention as a key development showing its success. Many fund managers have flocked to invest in BlackRock’s ETF, signaling a growing interest in digital assets among traditional financial institutions. […]
Amid the buzzing excitement following the approval of Bitcoin and Ethereum Spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in Hong Kong, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas has made a post highlighting the explosive growth of the products in the United States. US Bitcoin ETFs Assets Surpasses Hong Kong’s According to Eric Balchunas, the combined asset pool held by […]
At a recent gathering of investors in Miami, skepticism remained high even after finance titan BlackRock's shift toward touting the original cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin sets up another run at the key $69,000 zone as U.S. banks including Goldman Sachs are revealed as BlackRock ETF “Authorized Participants.”
BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink says he’s been “pleasantly surprised” at the level of retail demand for his firm’s spot Bitcoin ETF.
BlackRock CEO believes an Ethereum spot ETF could be viable even if the SEC wants to classify Ethereum as a security.
Fidelity’s Bitcoin ETF posted its largest day of gains over the last two weeks, leading the pack with $279 million in daily inflows.