BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with approximately $11.6 trillion in assets under management, currently holds over 567,000 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at over $47.8 billion — making the asset manager one of the largest holders of BTC in the world.
According to Arkham Intelligence, the asset manager’s most recent BTC acquisition occurred on March 14 when a Coinbase Prime wallet transferred 268 BTC, valued at over $22 million, to the asset manager’s iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) wallet.
Tracking onchain funds to and from BlackRock. Source: Arkham Intelligence
Data from Arkham also shows that the asset manager holds over 1.2 million Ether (ETH), valued at over $2.3 billion, roughly 70 million of the USDC (USDC) stablecoin and a long list of altcoins.
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