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BlackRock's (NYSE: BLK) crypto business just showed investors what a bear market does to even the biggest player in the game.&nbsp;
According to the firm's second-quarter <a href="https://s24.q4cdn.com/856567660/files/doc_financials/2026/Q2/BLK-2Q26-Earnings-Release.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">earnings release</a> published July 15, the asset manager's digital assets under management (AUM) fell to $48.8 billion as of June 30. It is down 39% from $79.6 billion a year earlier, even as clients poured $15.1 billion of net new money into its crypto products over the same 12 months.
The math is stark because market declines wiped $45.8 billion off BlackRock's digital asset ETFs over the year, swamping every dollar of inflows three times over.
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<h2 id="inflows-couldn-t-outrun-the-crypto-winter">Inflows couldn't outrun the crypto winter</h2>
The damage tracks the broader market. <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin</a> (BTC) closed the first half of 2026 down roughly 37%, sliding from near $95,000 in January to below $59,000 by the end of June, more than 53% below its October 2025 all-time high of $126,000.
And investor behavior has turned. After a year of net buying, BlackRock's digital asset funds bled $3.1 billion in the second quarter alone, on top of falling prices that erased another $8.7 billion.&nbsp;Year-to-date outflows also stand at $2.2 billion.
The crypto slump was added to an otherwise blowout report.&nbsp;
BlackRock's total assets hit a record $15.3 trillion, second-quarter net inflows reached $192 billion, and revenue jumped 31% year-over-year to $7.1 billion. Digital assets now generate just $40 million in quarterly base fees, about 1% of the firm's fee revenue, and round to 0% of total AUM.
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 "I've never been more optimistic about the growth ahead," CEO Larry Fink said in the release.
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<h2 id="the-circle-stake-swings-from-gain-to-loss">The Circle stake swings from gain to loss</h2>
The filing reveals a second crypto bruise: BlackRock booked a roughly $37 million noncash pre-tax loss on its minority stake in stablecoin issuer <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/analysts-remain-split-on-circle-amid-rising-competition" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Circle </a>Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) in the quarter.
This is a sharp reversal from the approximately $330 million gain that same stake delivered a year earlier.
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