Tom Lee Uses BlackRock’s Bitcoin Report to Pitch Ethereum as AI’s Verification Layer
Tom Lee cites BlackRock's bitcoin report to pitch Ethereum as AI's verification layer, but the report never makes that case.
Tom Lee cites BlackRock's bitcoin report to pitch Ethereum as AI's verification layer, but the report never makes that case.
BlackRock and VanEck explain how leverage and ETF outflows fueled the Bitcoin crash, and why both firms stay constructive.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Is Down but Asset’s Role as Global Monetary Alternative Remains, Says Blackrock The price of Bitcoin has taken a hit this year, but its investment thesis hasn't changed, BlackRock has said. This post Bitcoin Is Down but Asset’s Role as Global Monetary Alternative Remains, Says Blackrock first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo .
Bitcoin tests $65,000 as BlackRock backs a 1-2% allocation and Citi readies bitcoin custody on its Custody+ platform.

BlackRock's stance reassures investors of Bitcoin's resilience, highlighting its potential as a distinct asset class despite market volatility.
Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest bank, disclosed a $966.42 million stake in SpaceX just weeks after slashing its exposure to BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF. The shift marks a clear pivot from direct crypto exposure toward an indirect bet through traditional equities. SpaceX Stock Gets Confidence from Banks According to the filing submitted on August 4, Intesa acquired

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) opened the week with $297.56 million in net inflows, ending the three-session outflow run that closed the previous week. Ether funds also returned to positive territory with $30.85 million, while XRP, solana and HYPE ETFs recorded no net flows. Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Add $328.41M as Institutional Demand Returns The new week […]

Energy stocks' diversification potential highlights a shift in portfolio strategies amid rising bond-stock correlations and persistent inflation.
The Latam Digital Assets Conf will take place Aug. 20-21, bringing together banks, fintechs, regulators and investors to discuss stablecoins, tokenization and digital finance regulation across Latin America. The event arrives as major financial institutions deepen their push into digital assets. JPMorgan launched its own institutional digital currency in late 2025, BlackRock’s tokenized fund has

Open USD launched with 140 partners including Visa, Mastercard and BlackRock. Standard Chartered began rolling out a Hong Kong dollar stablecoin. World Liberty Financial got a bank charter to issue its own. The competition has moved from who can mint a token to who controls the rails it travels on.

The quant trading heavyweight rebuilt its Bitcoin ETF exposure during the second quarter, with BlackRock’s fund accounting for most of the position.

Jane Street reported over $1 billion in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF shares, including roughly $828 million in BlackRock’s IBIT at June 30.

Tudor's cautious stance on Bitcoin ETFs highlights institutional wariness, balancing exposure with downside protection amid market volatility.

Tudor Investment has increased its BlackRock Bitcoin ETF stake by 18.9% in the second quarter, ending a year-long run of reductions while cutting most of its reported call-option exposure to the fund. The Securities and Exchange Commission filing submitted on…

The insurance gap for mega-scale projects like Meta and BlackRock's data center may slow AI infrastructure investment and raise financing costs.

The macro fund raised its iShares Bitcoin Trust stake 18.9% to 688,529 shares worth $22.9 million in Q2, while sharply cutting its call options—a shift from leveraged bets toward direct spot exposure.

Harvard kept 3.04 million BlackRock IBIT shares unchanged in Q2, ending two quarters of selling as Abu Dhabi funds also held steady.

Two of Abu Dhabi’s biggest sovereign investment vehicles sat through a roughly $118 million hit to their Blackrock spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) positions in the second quarter and did not cut a single net share, leaving nearly $764 million riding on IBIT when June ended. Mubadala Investment Company and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, […]

Harvard's endowment held ~3 million IBIT shares worth $101M in Q2 2026, keeping it among the largest university holders of a spot Bitcoin ETF.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones’ Tudor Investment Corp increased its stake in Blackrock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) to $22.9 million, according to a newly filed 13F. A Growing Bitcoin Bet Tudor Investment Corp, the Connecticut-based macro hedge fund Jones founded in 1980, disclosed 688,529 shares of Blackrock’s Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in […]