BlackRock’s crypto ETF assets jump 63% to roughly $80 billion in Q3

BlackRock’s crypto business had a very good summer. The world’s largest asset manager said its digital assets category grew to approximately $79.6 to $80 billion in assets under management during the third quarter of 2026. That is up from $48.8 billion at the end of the prior quarter, a jump of roughly 63%. It is also still nowhere near the high-water mark the business set last year. What BlackRock reported The firm released its third-quarter results on October 14, 2026. The digital assets segment is driven primarily by two funds: the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and the iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA). Net inflows into BlackRock’s digital asset exchange-traded products came to $7.9 billion for the quarter. That is the strongest quarterly figure since Q3 2025. The rest came from price. Bitcoin rose more than 42% during the quarter, moving from approximately $58,564 to around $84,000. Ethereum also posted notable gains over the period. On-chain data tells a similar story. Arkham Intelligence tracked BlackRock-linked crypto holdings rising by about 62% to $77.1 billion, with IBIT’s Bitcoin making up the bulk of that figure. Crypto is a rounding error at BlackRock, but a growing one For...