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Vanguard is expected to name former BlackRock executive Samil Ramji as its new CEO, people familiar with the matter told the WSJ. (John Keeble/Getty Images)
Finance
Spot bitcoin etf
Vanguard, Avowedly Anti-Crypto, Names Bitcoin-Friendly Ex-BlackRock Exec as CEO
Samil Ramji, who led BlackRock’s ETF business including the launch of the firm’s spot bitcoin product, departed the firm in January.
Vanguard is expected to name former BlackRock executive Samil Ramji as its new CEO, people familiar with the matter told the WSJ. (John Keeble/Getty Images)
By Helene Braun
May 14, 2024 at 10:35 p.m. UTC
May 14, 2024
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The state of Wisconsin has bought roughly $100 million worth of BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF. (Nick Youngson)
Finance
Spot bitcoin etf
State of Wisconsin Buys Nearly $100M Worth of BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF
The state’s investment board bought 94,562 shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust in the first quarter of the year.
The state of Wisconsin has bought roughly $100 million worth of BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF. (Nick Youngson)
By Helene Braun
May 14, 2024 at 2:47 p.m. UTC
May 14, 2024
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BlackRock, Ondo, Superstate: The Biggest Movers in the RWA Sector in Q1
Catching up on the biggest news from the real-world asset space.
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By Ryan Rodenbaugh
May 7, 2024 at 8:55 p.m. UTC
May 7, 2024
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Binance Nigeria Money Laundering Trial Delayed; Fmr FTX Europe Head Pays $1.5M for Titanic Memento
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Binance Nigeria Money Laundering Trial Delayed; Fmr FTX Europe Head Pays $1.5M for Titanic Memento
"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, including the delay of Binance Nigeria's money laundering trial t...
Binance Nigeria Money Laundering Trial Delayed; Fmr FTX Europe Head Pays $1.5M for Titanic Memento
By CoinDesk Staff
May 2, 2024 at 5:29 p.m. UTC
May 2, 2024
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BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Sees First-Ever Day of Outflows
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BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Sees First-Ever Day of Outflows
BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF product IBIT recorded its first-ever day of outflows on Wednesday, with $36.9 million exiting the fund. According to data source Farside Investors...
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Sees First-Ever Day of Outflows
By CoinDesk Staff
May 2, 2024 at 5:23 p.m. UTC
May 2, 2024
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BlackRock Sees Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pensions Coming to Bitcoin ETFs
The asset manager has been helping educate pension funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds about the new spot bitcoin ETF products, BlackRock’s head of digital assets sai...
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By Ian Allison
May 2, 2024 at 11:02 a.m. UTC
May 2, 2024
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Finance
Securitize
RWA Tokenization Firm Securitize Raises $47M Led by Fund Partner BlackRock
BlackRock and Securitize last month teamed up to create the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, which may prove to be geared toward RWA tokenization
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By Jamie Crawley
May 1, 2024 at 2:24 p.m. UTC
May 1, 2024
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Markets
Blackrock
BlackRock's BUIDL Becomes Largest Tokenized Treasury Fund Hitting $375M, Toppling Franklin Templeton's
BlackRock's first tokenized offering, created with Securitize, has captured almost 30% of the $1.3 billion tokenized Treasury market in just six weeks.
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By Krisztian Sandor
Apr 30, 2024 at 2:45 p.m. UTC
Apr 30, 2024
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HBAR Foundation said "BlackRock fund is tokenized," Crypto Twitter heard "BlackRock has tokenized fund." (Wikimedia Commons)
Markets
Hedera
Hedera's HBAR Doubles as Market Misinterprets BlackRock's Involvement in Tokenization, Then Falls 25%
The market gave back some of its earlier gains after realizing BlackRock wasn't directly involved in the tokenization on Hedera's blockchain.
HBAR Foundation said "BlackRock fund is tokenized," Crypto Twitter heard "BlackRock has tokenized fund." (Wikimedia Commons)
By Oliver Knight
Apr 24, 2024 at 7:09 a.m. UTC
Apr 24, 2024
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Inflows into the spot bitcoin ETFs have recently been unable to keep up with the still speedy pace of exits from Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust. (Jim Wilson/Unsplash)
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Spot bitcoin etf
Spot Bitcoin ETF Hype Dies Down, Normalcy Sets In
It's hardly unusual for ETFs of any ilk to go through periods of seeing no fresh money on a net basis, explained an analyst.
Inflows into the spot bitcoin ETFs have recently been unable to keep up with the still speedy pace of exits from Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust. (Jim Wilson/Unsplash)
By Helene Braun
Apr 16, 2024 at 7:32 p.m. UTC
Apr 16, 2024
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