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BlackRock

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113 articles decelerating

Eleven spot bitcoin ETFs won SEC approval in January 2024, crystallizing BlackRock’s shift from applicant to a recurring institutional bridge into crypto and private-tech financing.

Who they are

BlackRock appears in this coverage as a major investment manager and capital provider whose role spans regulated crypto products, private-company share demand, and financing rounds. It is both a spot-bitcoin-ETF applicant using Coinbase Custody and a participant or co-lead investor in companies including Armada, ElevenLabs and Circle.

The recent arc

The coverage’s all-time high came in 2024Q1, driven by the SEC’s approval of 11 spot bitcoin ETFs, including BlackRock’s, and first-day trading in which BlackRock, Grayscale and Fidelity dominated volumes. That followed BlackRock’s 2023 filing for the iShares Bitcoin Trust, when the SEC had not yet approved a spot bitcoin ETF, and was extended by the 2024 approvals for spot ether ETFs.

The tension

The central thread is the institutionalization of crypto: BlackRock’s regulated-product push depended on SEC approval and Coinbase custody, while its ETF presence was measured against Fidelity and Grayscale in early trading. More recently, its participation with Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Coinbase in Open Standard places it inside a broader effort to connect large financial and payments firms to a reserve-earning stablecoin model.

Why it matters

If this trajectory holds, BlackRock’s coverage will increasingly be about its ability to bring institutional capital and distribution into markets that have historically sat between crypto infrastructure and private technology investing. Open USD, the Circle token financing and investments in AI and data-center-related companies point to several routes for that influence, though the corpus does not establish how much capital BlackRock will ultimately commit or how widely these initiatives will be adopted.

BlackRock has appeared in 113 articles since 2015-04. Coverage peaked in 2024Q1 with 10 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Fidelity, Bitcoin, ETF, Microsoft.

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Coverage Timeline

2024-12-13
Wall Street Journal 2 related

The UK CMA opens a formal probe into BlackRock's acquisition of UK data provider Preqin over concerns that the £2.55B deal could stifle competition in the UK

Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal :

2024-07-23
The Block 41 related

The US SEC approves spot ether ETFs from 21Shares, Bitwise, BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, VanEck, and Invesco Galaxy, which can now start trading

- Registration statements become effective on Monday for firms vying for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund, marking the final sign-off for those products to begin trading.

2024-05-25
Reuters 63 related

The US SEC approves applications from Nasdaq, Cboe, and the NYSE to list spot ether ETFs, potentially paving the way for them to begin trading later in 2024

but consumers will have to wait to buy them Kelvin Munene Murithi / CoinGape : Breaking: US SEC Approves 8 Spot Ethereum ETF Oliver Dale / Blockonomi : The Wait Is Over: SEC Greenlights Spot Ethereum ...

2024-01-16
Bloomberg 6 related

Coinbase offering custody, trading, and financing to a majority of bitcoin ETF issuers, including BlackRock, poses concentration risk and may intensify scrutiny

- Coinbase provides custody, trading, financing for ETF issuers  — Arrangements pose concentration risk, may intensify scrutiny

2024-01-11
Reuters 87 related

The US SEC approves spot bitcoin ETFs from BlackRock, Grayscale, ARK 21Shares, Bitwise, WisdomTree, Fidelity, VanEck, Invesco, Valkyrie, Hashdex, and Franklin

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved 11 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, including those of Grayscale …

2023-10-17
Bloomberg 13 related

Binance halts user signups in the UK, after the FCA restricted a local partner's ability to approve communications for crypto companies with customers

What Does it Mean for Existing Customers? Grace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia : Binance pauses UK customer sign-ups Ali B. / Cryptonews : Bitcoin Price Prediction: MicroStrategy Boost, Binance's UK Hal...

2023-07-17
Cointelegraph 16 related

The US SEC acknowledges BlackRock's and Bitwise's spot bitcoin ETF applications, indicating the commencement of the official review process for the proposals

2023-07-16
Cointelegraph 11 related

The US SEC acknowledges BlackRock's and Bitwise's spot bitcoin ETF applications, indicating the commencement of the official review process for the proposals

The SEC's acknowledgment indicates the commencement of the official review process for BlackRock's ETF proposal.  —  2279 Total views

2023-07-04
Bloomberg 19 related

BlackRock refiles for its spot bitcoin ETF through Nasdaq, saying Coinbase will provide market surveillance to address the US SEC's insufficient info objection

Bloomberg :

2023-06-30
Wall Street Journal 16 related

Sources: SEC told Nasdaq and Cboe that their applications to launch spot bitcoin ETFs on behalf of BlackRock and others aren't clear and comprehensive enough

Regulator tells Nasdaq, Cboe that recent filings from BlackRock, Fidelity and others aren't clear and comprehensive

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 98 tech news articles mentioning BlackRock, dating back to April 2015. The biggest stories include The US SEC approves spot bitcoin ETFs from BlackRock, Grayscale, ARK 21Shares, Bitwise,... and Sources: Nvidia's licensing deal with Groq, which has raised ~$1.8B, includes payouts to.... Frequently covered alongside Fidelity, ETF, Bitcoin ETF, Nvidia, and Coinbase. Coverage has shifted toward funding, competition themes and away from safety, developer.

Key Moments

2024Q2safety +23pts; developer -10pts; consumer -10pts
2024Q3safety -33pts; developer +20pts; consumer +20pts
2024Q4enterprise +25pts; developer -20pts; consumer -20pts

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