What to Know, Old Sport:
- BlackRock’s bitcoin ETF does a splendid impression of a cash waterfall, now being the firm’s pièce de résistance, with funds nudging a lovely hundred billion smackers. Astonishing? Perhaps. But given their 1,400+ ETFs and a staggering $13.4 trillion in assets, it’s just another Tuesday in finance-ville.
- Roll up, roll up! The US-listed spot Bitcoin ETF IBIT, which saw the light of day in January 2024, has stormed the bastions of Wall Street, amassing $70 billion-faster than you can say “blockchain” in just 341 days, and pocketing an eye-popping $245 million in annual fees. Not too shabby for a newcomer, eh?
- Now holding over 3% of all Bitcoin, IBIT’s a bit like that guest who overstays their welcome but in a profitable way. BlackRock’s own Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio has taken a shine, increasing its stake in IBIT by 14%, clearly betting on this young pup’s bright future.
Turns out, BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETFs are the caviar of their portfolio, making more money than a lemonade stand on a hot summer day. Cristiano Castro, the big cheese from BlackRock Brazil, spilled the beans at a blockchain confab in São Paulo, calling the surge “a big surprise.” Who knew that when you dabble in digital gold, it’d be the goose that laid the golden egg-especially with allocations nearing the century mark?
IBIT’s rapid ascent is nothing short of a marvel-breaking records faster than a squirrel on an espresso shot. In its first year, it raked in over $52 billion in inflows and threw a hefty $245 million back into its coffers-proof that institutional interest is hotter than a samba dance at carnival time, especially with regulatory thumbs-up in the U.S.
And, of course, BlackRock’s global empire of distribution didn’t hurt-propelling IBIT to become the Bitcoin equivalent of the Queen’s favourite tea. Castro quipped that the wild outflows we’ve seen lately are just retail folks doing what retail folks do when prices dip; whimpering and running for cover. ETFs, he says, are “a very liquid and powerful tool,” perfect for managing the chaos.
BlackRock’s own little secret: their Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio has doubled down, raising its IBIT stake by 14%, because why not? If you can’t beat the system, buy a bigger piece of it, as they say.
We tried to get a word from BlackRock themselves for the latest scoop, but they’re probably busy counting their billions-and who can blame them?
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