BlackRock's cryptocurrency assets under management climbed 63% to $79.6 billion in the third quarter of 2026, up from roughly $48.8 billion at the start of the quarter, COINOTAG reported on October 14, 2026.

The New York-based firm, the world's largest asset manager, operates one of the most prominent institutional digital-asset franchises, anchored by its U.S. spot crypto exchange-traded products, including the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and the iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA). IBIT began trading in January 2024 as part of the first group of U.S. spot bitcoin ETPs, and ETHA followed in July 2024 after spot ether products received regulatory clearance. Assets under management for such products reflect the market value of their underlying holdings and therefore move with digital-asset prices and investor flows. Because management fees on exchange-traded products are assessed as a percentage of assets, the scale of this franchise feeds directly into the fee revenue it generates. Both trusts also publish daily holdings data, so the trajectory of BlackRock's crypto AUM can be followed between quarterly updates.

In an update published at 01:05 UTC, COINOTAG also noted that Circle's stake produced a $115 million valuation loss in the same quarter a year earlier, meaning the year-over-year swing added to nonoperating income, which jumped to $316 million from $42 million a year prior.

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