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<p>BlackRock has just opened trading of BITA on Nasdaq this Tuesday, June 16, 2026. This Bitcoin ETF was designed to generate up to 25% annual yield. Enough to beat Goldman Sachs at the starting line. In a crypto market today dominated by fear, this announcement drops like a thunderbolt.</p>
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   <li>BlackRock launches BITA on Nasdaq this June 16, 2026, the first yield Bitcoin ETF in history.</li>
   <li>BITA targets 15 to 25% annual yield via a covered call options selling strategy on IBIT.</li>
   <li>BlackRock officially beats Goldman Sachs in this unprecedented market segment.</li>
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<h2 id="h-blackrock-launches-the-first-yield-bitcoin-etf-in-history">BlackRock launches the first yield Bitcoin ETF in history</h2>
<p>After a <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/blackrock-prepares-the-launch-of-bita-its-bitcoin-income-etf/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">last step started on June 12</a>, the <strong>iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (ticker BITA)</strong> is now listed on Nasdaq. BlackRock got the green light from the SEC on the evening of June 15. The first trades will therefore start at the opening on June 16.</p>
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<p>BITA <strong>does not work like a classic Bitcoin ETF</strong>. Instead of simply replicating the <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/crypto-markets/bitcoin-btc-en/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC price</a>, it sells call options (covered calls) on IBIT positions. This is BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, already described as the product with the fastest capital gathering in financial sector history. These option sales then generate regular premiums paid back to investors, with <strong>a target annual yield between 15% and 25%</strong>.</p>
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<p>The price to pay: a participation in bitcoin’s upside capped to at least 70%. In other words, BITA does not capture everything if BTC soars 100%.</p>
<p>As indicated in a <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2089969/000143774926020066/bitp20260605_s1a.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">filing submitted to the SEC</a>, management fees are set at 0.65% per year. This makes it a product tailored <strong>for investors seeking passive income</strong>, not for bitcoin maximalists who refuse to limit their exposure.</p>
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<p>With this launch, BlackRock confirms its dominance over the <strong>institutional crypto ETF market</strong> (and this, two years after the historic launch of IBIT in January 2024).</p>
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<p>For retail investors, the signal is strong: the world’s largest financial institutions no longer bet on bitcoin marginally. They build income products around it, as they have been doing for decades with bonds and stock dividends.</p>
<p>The <strong><a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/crypto-markets-show-early-signs-of-stabilization-after-heavy-selloff/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">crypto Fear &amp; Greed Index</a></strong> nevertheless shows 21 at launch time, an extreme fear zone. Some will see an entry opportunity there. Others, a warning that institutional enthusiasm is not enough to reverse short-term market sentiment.</p>
<p>In any case, one thing is certain: BlackRock has just turned bitcoin into an income-generating asset. This semantic and financial shift could well be the long-awaited real crypto revolution. How will investors receive this new product? To be continued…</p>

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