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<p><a href="https://yellow.com/news/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-ibit-sheds-528m-second-worst-day" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong>BlackRock's</strong> crypto funds</a> shrank to $48.8 billion from $79.6 billion over the past year, a 39% drop, even as investors poured in $15.1 billion.</p>
<h2 id="key-points">Key Points:</h2>
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  <li>Digital asset funds fell to $48.8 billion from $79.6 billion, a decline of nearly 39%.</li>
  <li>Market losses of $45.8 billion outweighed $15.1 billion of net inflows over 12 months.</li>
  <li>Firmwide assets hit a record $15.3 trillion as quarterly earnings beat Wall Street estimates.</li>
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<h2 id="blackrock-crypto-retreat">BlackRock Crypto Retreat</h2>
<p>The world's largest asset manager <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/07/15/blackrock-s-crypto-assets-fall-39-despite-usd15-billion-of-net-inflows" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">reported</a> the slide in its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, blaming lower token prices rather than any investor exit for the bulk of the value wiped away. The firm absorbed $45.8 billion in market losses across its digital asset products over the year, and that hit swamped every dollar of fresh money clients kept sending in. The weakness ran deep.</p>
<p>Digital asset products bled a further $3.1 billion in net outflows during the quarter itself, between April and June, as redemptions across the lineup outpaced new subscriptions.</p>
<p><strong>Bitcoin</strong><a href="https://yellow.com/asset/btc" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">(BTC)</a> fell more than 14% over the three months, and <strong>Ether</strong><a href="https://yellow.com/asset/eth" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">(ETH)</a> sank 25% across the same window, dragging the value of BlackRock's flagship exchange-traded funds sharply lower. BlackRock's funds track those prices almost tick for tick, so declines surface fast.</p>
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<h2 id="blackrock-beats-estimates">BlackRock Beats Estimates</h2>
<p>The crypto stumble clashed with a record run across the wider business, where firmwide assets <a href="https://in.investing.com/news/earnings/blackrock-rises-after-q2-earnings-top-estimates-as-aum-hits-153-trillion-5496782" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">climbed</a> to $15.3 trillion after $192 billion of client net inflows lifted the total during the quarter. Adjusted earnings of $13.91 per share on $7.08 billion in revenue <a href="https://www.quiverquant.com/news/BLACKROCK+%28%24BLK%29+Releases+Q2+2026+Earnings" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">topped</a> Wall Street forecasts, and the stock rose about 4% ahead of the open. Crypto still barely moves the needle.</p>
<p>Base fees and securities lending from the unit bring in roughly $40 million a year, a sliver worth under 1% of the firm's total fee revenue.</p>
<p>Executives told analysts they are chasing $500 million in annual crypto revenue by 2030, a jump of more than tenfold from that modest base and a marker of where management sees the next leg of growth.</p>
<h2 id="small-eyes-stablecoins">Small Eyes Stablecoins</h2>
<p>The firm already manages $60 billion of <strong>Circle's</strong> reserves, about a quarter of the $300 billion stablecoin market, and wants to run far more of it as the sector's reserve manager of choice.</p>
<p><strong>Martin Small</strong>, the chief financial officer, framed 5 billion crypto wallets as a fresh distribution channel for model portfolios, managed accounts and tokenized funds. "We want to build a digital wallet native asset manager," he said.</p>
<p>The ambition builds on a two-year push that began when BlackRock listed its <a href="https://yellow.com/research/ibit-record-run-market-impact" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">spot Bitcoin fund, IBIT</a>, and an Ether counterpart, ETHA, in 2024, before adding an income product that writes covered calls on Bitcoin. Those funds ballooned as markets rallied through last year. This quarter exposed how fast they deflate when prices turn.</p>
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BlackRock Crypto Funds Lose 39% Of Their Value In A Year Despite Record Inflows

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