BlackRock


Finance

BlackRock Adds Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, UBS as APs for Bitcoin ETF

Authorized participants in ETFs are responsible for the creation and redemption process of the fund through which they create liquidity.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Where BlackRock Goes, Liquidity Flows

BlackRock and Securitize’s new digital assets fund is a game-changer for tokenization and the wider regulated market, says Peter Gaffney, head of research at Security Token Advisors.

BlackRock headquarters (Shutterstock)

Videos

Crypto Is 'Waking Up' to Real World Assets: Securitize CEO

Asset management giant BlackRock (BLK) partnered with Securitize to launch its tokenized asset fund on the Ethereum network. Securitize founder and CEO Carlos Domingo joins "First Mover" with insights on the partnership and evolution of real-world assets in the crypto space.

Recent Videos

Videos

Bringing Real World Assets on Chain Makes Them 'More Productive,' Securitize CEO Says

Securitize founder and CEO Carlos Domingo answers five questions from CoinDesk, including his crypto genesis story, why he is bullish on real-world assets, and details about BlackRock's tokenized asset fund on the Ethereum network.

Recent Videos

Markets

BlackRock's Tokenized Fund Quickly Rakes in $245M, Right Behind Franklin Templeton's Older Offering

The tokenized U.S. Treasury market is poised to reach $1 billion "very soon" given the growth of BlackRock's BUIDL, an analyst noted.

Larry Fink (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock's Fink Says an Ether ETF Is Possible Even if ETH Is a Security

The BlackRock CEO isn't worried about the U.S. Securities and Exchange classifying Ethereum's ether as a security.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Markets

Ondo Finance to Move $95M to BlackRock's Tokenized Fund for Instant Settlements for Its T-Bill Token

The allocation marks to first example of a crypto protocol leveraging BlackRock's tokenized fund for its own offering.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock Seeing Only 'A Little Bit' of Demand for Ethereum from Clients, Head of Digital Assets Says

Robert Mitchnick, the asset manager's head of digital assets, said that there's a misconception that BlackRock will have a "long tail" of other crypto services.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Videos

BlackRock Joins Asset Tokenization Race; North Korea Hackers Stole $3B in Crypto Since 2017

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as BlackRock enters the tokenization race with a new fund on the Ethereum network. Plus, FTX CEO John J. Ray III pushes back against Sam Bankman-Fried’s claims that customers lost “zero” money in the exchange’s collapse. And, a UN Security Council study reveals that North Korea-linked crypto hackers stole $3 billion since 2017.

Recent Videos

Markets

BlackRock Enters Asset Tokenization Race With New Fund on the Ethereum Network

The asset management giant also made a strategic investment in asset tokenization company Securitize.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)