BlackRock’s industry-leading USD Institutional Digital Fund (BUIDL) will become accepted as collateral on Crypto.com and Deribit, two of the industry’s largest exchanges. The move marks a “major turning point,” said Michael Sonnenshein, COO at Securitize, as it provides another option for collateral provision, reported Forbes on June 18. BUIDL is BlackRock’s first Ethereum-based tokenized money […]
“This is getting ridiculous,” exclaimed ETF Store President Nate Geraci on X on May 29, following the latest bumper inflow day for BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). The BlackRock fund saw another large inflow day on May 28 with $481 million entering the ETF. This has culminated in 33 consecutive trading days without an outflow, the […]
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), an independent agency handling assets for Wisconsin’s retirement and state investment funds, has divested its shares of BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). SWIB was one of the early buyers of spot Bitcoin ETFs, setting a precedent for other U.S. states to follow. It is unclear why the […]
“Ethereum just scored a monster win,” said former Ethereum developer Eric Connor on X on April 30. His comment came in reaction to an April 28 prospectus filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission by BlackRock, which aims to tokenize its $150 billion Treasury Trust market fund with a new “DLT Shares” asset class. […]
The overall demand and interest for the spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US has returned in full force as the products have recorded an impressive streak of seven consecutive days of net inflows. On April 28, though, many showed signs of weakness, while BlackRock’s IBIT stole the show with a multi-month record. IBIT Sees Almost […]
Amid several days of massive Bitcoin volatility, the asset soared back above $88,000 on Tuesday after BlackRock CEO Larry Fink allegedly told investors to buy any short-term dips, as he expects an economic rally for later this year. Bitcoin traded for $82,300 at 11:40am ET on Tuesday, before rallying above $88,300 within the next three […]
BlackRock – the world’s largest asset manager, is gearing up to launch a Bitcoin-linked exchange-traded product (ETP) in Europe. This marks its first foray into the European crypto market. The fund is expected to be based in Switzerland. This move follows the success of BlackRock’s US-based iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which currently manages $58 billion […]
Institutional investors are getting cold feet as the crypto market correction deepens with spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US reversing a fifteen consecutive trading day trend of inflows. For the past three trading days, the eleven spot Bitcoin ETFs have shed $1.17 billion as the asset fell more than 14% from its all-time high a […]
Ethena Labs officially launched USDtb, a new stablecoin backed by BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), on December 16th. Developed in partnership with Securitize, USDtb is designed to operate like existing fiat-backed stablecoins such as USDC and USDT, with reserves invested in cash or cash-equivalent assets to maintain a 1:1 value ratio. USDtb Debuts […]
The spot Bitcoin ETFs have had a particularly strong year and BlackRock’s IBIT has been at the forefront for most of the inflows. This week was particularly positive for the largest BTC ETF as it broke its own record on November 7 – the day after the US election results came out – and attracted […]