BlackRock pokreće Spot Bitcoin Private Trust nakon Coinbase partnerstva

Asset management titan BlackRock has delved a bit deeper into the crypto waters, revealing that it has launched a spot bitcoin private trust for US institutional clients. 

“Despite the steep downturn in the digital asset market, we are still seeing substantial interest from some institutional clients in how to efficiently and cost-effectively access these assets using our technology and product capabilities,” the company said in a Thursday izjava.

The trust seeks to track the performance of bitcoin. The cryptoasset’s price stood at about $24,600 at 9:45 am ET, down roughly 64% off its all-time high reached last November. 

BlackRock, which managed $8.5 trillion in assets as of June 30, labeled permissioned blockchains, stablecoins, cryptoassets and tokenization as areas in which it sees potential.   

The company also said in the statement that it is “encouraged” by monitoring programe by RMI and Energy Web, which it sees bringing transparency to sustainable energy usage in bitcoin mining. 

Portparol BlackRocka odbio je da komentariše. 

The company’s announcement comes about a week after BlackRock u partnerstvu sa Coinbaseom ponuditi svojim institucionalnim klijentima Aladin platforma access to bitcoin. The deal allows for Aladdin users — including asset managers, pension funds, insurers and corporate treasurers — to handle bitcoin exposure directly in their existing portfolio management and trading workflows.  

Industry watchers and executives said the move proves institutional investor interest in the asset class and could spur traditional finance competitors to follow suit. 

BlackRock has slowly warmed up to crypto, launching a blockchain ETF u aprilu. rekao je izvršni direktor BlackRocka Larry Fink mjesec prije rata u Ukrajini mogao bi ubrzati usvajanje digitalne valute.

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