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Most news about BlackRock focuses on Bitcoin ETFs. But the company is doing something more important. It is quietly building the infrastructure that will connect traditional finance to the digital asset world. The center of this strategy is BUIDL, its tokenized money-market fund.
From One Blockchain to Eight
BlackRock launched BUIDL in March 2024 on the Ethereum network. Since then, the firm has expanded the fund to seven more blockchains. These include Aptos, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, Polygon, Solana, and BNB Chain.
This expansion is significant. As of late April 2026, BUIDL managed about $2.58 billion in assets, spread across 101 holder addresses. It is now the largest tokenized treasury fund in the market. In May 2026, Moody's (a major credit rating agency) gave BUIDL its highest rating, Aaa-mf. This puts the fund on the same safety level as the most conservative traditional money-market funds.
A New Way to Use Collateral
The most important development came in April 2026. OKX (a crypto exchange), BlackRock, and Standard Chartered created a new framework. This framework allows institutions to use BUIDL as collateral for trading.
Here is how it works. Qualified institutional clients on OKX can post BUIDL as collateral. The assets are held securely in regulated, off-exchange custody at Standard Chartered—a globally systemically important bank (G-SIB) . This means the assets are separate from the exchange's own holdings. While trading, clients continue to earn yield (interest) on their BUIDL holdings.
Within OKX's margin system, BUIDL is treated as fungible with USD, USDC, and other dollar-denominated stablecoins. This solves a major problem for institutions. In the past, they had to choose between keeping money in safe assets or using it for trading. With BUIDL, they can do both at the same time. Their capital stays productive, and the assets are protected by a G-SIB. This design reduces the counterparty risk that has worried institutions since the crypto crashes of 2022.
Unexpected Adoption by DeFi Protocols
Surprisingly, the largest buyers of BUIDL are not traditional banks or hedge funds. They are DeFi (decentralized finance) protocols. Protocols like Ethena, Ondo, Frax, and Spark are using BUIDL as a building block for their own dollar-based products.
These protocols choose BUIDL for three reasons:
1. It has clear legal status under U.S. securities law.
2. It works easily on blockchains (on-chain composability).
3. It meets institutional compliance standards.
No other tokenized asset offers all three of these benefits at the same time. The new GENIUS Act (U.S. stablecoin legislation) has also made compliance more important. This gives BUIDL an even bigger advantage.
Two New Funds Are Coming
BlackRock is not stopping with BUIDL. The firm has filed with the SEC for two more tokenized money-market funds. The first is a digital share class of an existing $6.1 billion treasury fund (BSTBL). The second is a new fund called BRSRV, designed specifically for stablecoin holders.
The timing is intentional. After the GENIUS Act, stablecoin issuers need reserve assets that are both compliant and available on blockchains for fast settlement. BlackRock wants to become the main reserve manager for the stablecoin economy.
The Big Picture
BlackRock already manages $65 billion** in stablecoin reserves and nearly **$80 billion in digital-asset exchange-traded products. Larry Fink, the company's CEO, has said the company's crypto business could generate roughly $500 million in annual revenue within five years.
But the revenue is not the whole story. Through BUIDL, BlackRock is doing more than just offering a new product. It is building the rails for the next phase of finance. The industry started with price speculation. Now, BlackRock is embedding tokenized assets into the core systems of global markets, using a G-SIB custodian to bridge the gap between traditional safety and digital innovation. It is doing
quietly, but the impact is enormous. The company is not just entering crypto. It is turning crypto into the new infrastructure for finance.
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Asset management giant BlackRock is preparing to launch a new Bitcoin-focused exchange-traded fund designed to generate income for investors rather than simply track the cryptocurrency’s price. The firm’s iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA) became effective after recent regulatory filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), clearing a key hurdle before public trading begins. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas has indicated that the fund could start trading as early as June 18, following BlackRock’s filing of Form 8-A and subsequent effectiveness notice. Unlike traditional spot Bitcoin ETFs, BITA introduces an options-based strategy aimed at producing regular cash distributions for shareholders.#blackRock

16/06/2026
Kannst du dir vorstellen, vom Wachstum von Bitcoin zu profitieren und gleichzeitig jeden Monat Cash zu erhalten, als wären es traditionelle Dividenden? Der König von Wall Street hat gerade die Spielregeln verändert! 🤯🔥
Der größte Vermögensverwalter der Welt, #blackRock hat offiziell seinen neuen und revolutionären Fonds auf den Markt gebracht: den iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF ($BITA).
Wie funktioniert diese Cash-Flow-Maschine?
Im Gegensatz zu den klassischen Fonds, die nur mit dem Preis der Kryptowährung steigen oder fallen, implementiert $BITA eine meisterhafte Strategie von Covered Calls:

🚨 WALL STREET MASCHINEN: BlackRock hat den iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF ( $BITA ) an der Nasdaq registriert
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Die Gier des größten Vermögensverwalters der Welt nach dem Krypto-Ökosystem tritt in eine neue Phase der Performance ein. BlackRock, ein globales Unternehmen, das eine kolossale Summe von über $10.5 Billionen Dollar an verwalteten Vermögenswerten verwahrt, hat die Registrierung des Formulars 8-A bei der SEC abgeschlossen, um sein neues Finanzvehikel auf den Markt zu bringen: den iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, unter dem offiziellen Ticker $BITA. 📊🏛️