Abu Dhabi Crypto Move Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company took a giant leap by investing $436.9 million in the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF. The massive purchase was done in the first quarter of 2024. Mubadala, with assets under management of over $280 billion, purchased around 8.2 million units of the
The crypto ETF filings are increasing by the day by global organizations. While the SEC is moving forward with some filings, others are getting delayed for various reasons. It pushed the last date to make a decision on iShares Ethereum ETF Options to April 9 this year. iShares is a
Blackrock, the world’s biggest asset manager, is launching a Bitcoin exchange-traded ETP product in Europe. The fund, based in Switzerland, will be its first foray into the European market in the crypto-linked ETP arena. According to a Bloomberg report, Blackrock can begin marketing the product as soon as this month.
Nasdaq filed a proposed rule change with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to let in-kind creation and redemption take place for the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). This could hugely boost the operating efficiency of the largest spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the market. In-kind creation and redemption
The Frax community has approved FIP-418, allowing BlackRock’s BUIDL token to collateralize the frxUSD stablecoin. This proposal passed unanimously after six days of voting, Frax Finance announced on Thursday. BlackRock’s BUIDL token, a tokenized money market fund, invests in U.S. Treasury bills, cash, and repurchase agreements. It ensures stability, liquidity,
Even though major cryptocurrencies have not recorded any significant price rises, some cryptocurrencies are performing well today. Frax Share (FXS) price witnessed a huge price hike and went to as high as $3.52 with a 680% increase in its trading volume. After a complete week of downward price movement, FXS
The victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election race has impacted the broader financial markets. Particularly, the cryptocurrency market and the related investment products. With Bitcoin (BTC) surging past $76K, the US spot Bitcoin ETFs have witnessed an escalation in trading volumes and inflows. Notably, BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF,
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, during the Q3 2024 earnings call, described Bitcoin as a “core asset class,” signalling a major shift in the perception of cryptocurrencies by one of the largest asset managers in the world. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas shared Fink’s full quote from the earnings call, where
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has reached a remarkable milestone, now overseeing $11.5 trillion in assets under management. This marks the third consecutive quarter of record-breaking growth for the firm, solidifying its status as a leader in the financial industry. In the last quarter alone, BlackRock attracted $160 billion
The world’s second-largest crypto exchange, Coinbase, has denied allegations that it granted BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, special privileges to borrow Bitcoin. These claims arose when analyst Tyler Durden suggested that Coinbase was issuing Bitcoin IOUs (essentially loans) to BlackRock, allowing it to borrow Bitcoin without maintaining proper 1:1
