Bitcoin News Today TheBitTimes.com

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF and Ethereum ETF have brought new crypto investing options by generating substantial returns for the asset management giant. BlackRock ETFs lead with a profitable $260 million annual revenue stream from cryptocurrency products, establishing new benchmarks in digital asset management right now. BlackRock has quietly built a crypto empire! In less than 2 ye,ars their Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs are generating over $260M in annual revenue. $218M from Bitcoin $42M from Ethereum That’s a quarter-billion-dollar business, built almost overnight. For comparison, many… pic.twitter.com/NuhZnlMMAS — Leon Waidmann (@LeonWaidmann) September 23, 2025 BlackRock Bitcoin & Ethereum ETFs Drive $260M Annual Revenue Source: Pintu.co The data shows how BlackRock’s crypto ETF strategy has been creating unprecedented revenue generation. BlackRock ETF revenue reaches $218 million from BTC products alone, while the BlackRock Ethereum ETF contributes an additional $42 m...

BlackRock’s Bitcoin holdings have reached some pretty crazy levels, and right now the world’s largest asset manager is sitting on over 662,500 BTC through its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). This is more than 3% of all the Bitcoin that exists, worth around $72.4 billion at current prices. This huge institutional Bitcoin accumulation is changing how we think about crypto investment strategies, and it’s also messing with Bitcoin price volatility in ways nobody really expected. BlackRock Bitcoin accumulation over time – Source: Bitbo.io You can see from the chart how they’ve been steadily buying up Bitcoin since IBIT launched back in January 2024. The growth has been pretty wild. How BlackRock Bitcoin Holdings Affect Price, Volatility, And Investments Source: Watcher.Guru How Fast This All Happened So here’s the thing – these BlackRock Bitcoin holdings managed to do something that took SPDR Gold Shares over 1,600 trading days to pull off, except they...

Imagen Network (IMAGE), a low-cap token built on the Solana blockchain, has unexpectedly emerged as BlackRock’s third-largest crypto holding, according to on-chain portfolio tracking data.  Despite its sharp price decline since launch, the asset now sits behind only Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) in BlackRock’s digital asset allocation. At the time of publication, IMAGE is trading at $0.004407, down 8.22% on the day, with a total market capitalization of just over $22 million. Over the past week, the token has plummeted by 45.65%, and since its launch on June 12, it has dropped over 80%. Year-to-date, IMAGE is down 84.56%. Imagen Network price. Source: Arkham BlackRock holds over 100 million IMAGE tokens Despite the sell-off, BlackRock currently holds 101 million IMAGE tokens, valued at approximately $445,920, making it the firm’s third-largest crypto position, just ahead of SPX. The fund’s crypto portfolio is still dominated by Bitcoin, with over 720,00...

BlackRock & Vanguard antitrust concerns have escalated dramatically as the asset management giants controlling over $27 trillion face a high-stakes Texas lawsuit right now. State Street collusion allegations and growing regulatory uncertainty are creating significant market volatility, and also, cryptocurrency markets are experiencing turbulence amid intensifying United States news coverage of the federal investigation. FTC official statement document – Source: FTC Also Read: Elon Musk’s xAI Taps Morgan Stanley for $5B Debt Amid Trump Feud Regulatory Uncertainty Grows as BlackRock, Vanguard & State Street Face Collusion Claims Source: The Guardian The BlackRock & Vanguard antitrust case reached the Federal Court as lawyers argued for dismissal of claims that the firms coordinated to suppress coal production. State Street collusion allegations center on whether the asset managers used their massive holdings to influence corporate decisions, and this is creating unprecedente...

The world’s largest asset manager has been waiting to offer an exchange-traded fund for its iShares Bitcoin Trust in the United States. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delay ed an application for a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund from global asset manager BlackRock. BlackRock, a firm with more than $8.5 trillion in assets under management, had a decision on its iShares Bitcoin Trust delay ed following an application with the SEC. In June, BlackRock lodged an application  for a BTC-backed ETF with Coinbase listed as the planned custodian of the fund’s Bitcoin holdings and the Bank of New York Mellon in charge of its fiat accounts. BlackRock's filing outlined the value of the shares in removing “obstacles represented by the complexities and operational burdens involved in a direct investment in Bitcoin”. The ETF delay came after cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale Investments petitioned to have an SEC decision overturned that had originally d...