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BlackRock Joins Asset Tokenization Race; North Korea Hackers Stole $3B in Crypto Since 2017

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as BlackRock enters the tokenization race with a new fund on the Ethereum network. Plus, FTX CEO John J. Ray III pushes back against Sam Bankman-Fried’s claims that customers lost “zero” money in the exchange’s collapse. And, a UN Security Council study reveals that North Korea-linked crypto hackers stole $3 billion since 2017.

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BlackRock Enters Asset Tokenization Race With New Fund on the Ethereum Network

The asset management giant also made a strategic investment in asset tokenization company Securitize.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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BlackRock Creates Fund With Securitize, a Big Player in Real-World Asset Tokenization

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in an interview earlier that the company's filings for spot bitcoin and ether ETFs were "stepping stones towards tokenization."

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

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BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Nears 200K BTC, Passing Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy

The asset manager's spot fund added just shy of 5,000 bitcoins Friday, bringing total holdings to 195,985 tokens.

BlackRock's IBIT has accumulated more bitcoin than MicroStrategy. (CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock Plans to Acquire Spot Bitcoin ETPs for Its Global Allocation Fund

Thursday's filing with the SEC, follows an update earlier this week to add bitcoin ETPs to BlackRock's $36.7B AUM Strategic Income Opportunities Fund.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Added a Record 12.6K BTC in Tuesday's Carnage

IBIT’s total inflows surpassed the $9 billion mark as prices plunged following bitcoin taking out a record high above $69.000.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

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SEC Pushes Back Decision on BlackRock, Fidelity's Ether ETF Applications

The SEC wants to know if the applications for ETFs that hold Ethereum's ether (ETH) are supported by the same arguments that led to the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs.

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

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Bitcoin ETFs Smash $10B Trading Volume Record Amid Wild BTC Price Action

Last week's volume record coincided with strong ETF inflows, but Tuesday's action could indicate heavy profit-taking, with traders perhaps deciding to sell shares to lock in gains.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Markets

Grayscale GBTC Selling Accelerates but Bitcoin ETF Inflows Remain Positive, Led by BlackRock

The key driver behind the selling could potentially be crypto lender Genesis, which last month received bankruptcy court approval to sell 35 million GBTC shares.

Grayscale advertisement (Grayscale)

Finance

BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin ETF Starts Trading in Brazil

The asset manager's geographic expansion of the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) follows its successful introduction in the U.S. in January.

Brazil (Agustin Diaz Gargiulo / Unsplash)