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Opinion

How Tokenized Real World Assets Are Outperforming Crypto

Whether to hedge against crypto volatility, add utility and efficiencies, or streamline access to alternatives, tokenized RWAs make sense for investors and institutions alike.

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Finance

BlackRock's BUIDL Fund Tops $500M as Tokenized Treasury Market Soars

The overall market of tokenized U.S. Treasury products has reached $1.8 billion, rwa.xyz data shows.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Prime Broker Hidden Road Adds Major Crypto Exchanges, Expands Use of BlackRock’s BUIDL Token

Hidden Road is now integrated with Coinbase International Exchange, OKX, Deribit, Bitfinex, AsiaNext, SIX Digital Exchange and Bullish.

Michael Higgins, global head of business development at Hidden Road (Hidden Road)

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs Resume Inflow Winning Streak; BlackRock's IBIT Crosses $20B in AUM

After a period of flat to negative flows, the spot ETFs have added $2.4 billion in assets over the past month, according to data from Bloomberg Intelligence.

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Finance

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.

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Finance

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 $321.5 million worth of BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF. (Nick Youngson)

Opinion

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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Videos

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 to May 17. Plus, asset management giant BlackRock expects a new wave of inflows from different types of investors, and former head of FTX Europe Patrick Gruhn paid nearly $1.5 million for a gold pocket watch recovered from the Titanic.

Recent Videos

Videos

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 and CoinGlass, the 11 spot BTC products in the U.S. saw a cumulative net outflow of $563.7 million, the largest since the funds began trading in January. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

Recent Videos

Finance

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 said.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)