BlackRock Financial News

Blackrock held a meeting with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday to discuss the structure of its upcoming Bitcoin ETF, according to a memo from the regulator.

An Oklahoma pensioner is challenging a state law that targets financial firms, including BlackRock Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., for their climate change policies.

As market hype around the prospect of an imminent Bitcoin Spot ETF grows, so too has super-charged price action on DEX markets, but in a move shocking markets this morning, viral BTC ETF token has rug-pulled – leaving investors scrambling for alternative plays.

Multinational crypto mining and blockchain giant Phoenix Group has achieved a significant milestone in its initial public offering (IPO) raise.

It’s being touted as crypto’s big breakthrough on Wall Street: The imminent arrival of bitcoin exchange-traded funds that will kick open digital-currency investing to the institutional and retail masses.

According to its June 2023 factsheet, the fund had been underperforming for a few years, although had mostly tracked its benchmark.

Aussie EV charging station business, JOLT Charge which snagged global giant BlackRock’s backing two years ago, is preparing to hit up investors once again to help fund an ambitious global expansion plan.

It’s touted as crypto’s big breakthrough on Wall Street: The imminent arrival of bitcoin exchange-traded funds that will kick open investing in digital currency to the institutional and retail masses. 

Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) will be the official custodian for WisdomTree’s spot Bitcoin ETF, according to the asset manager’s recently amended S-1 filing.

The upcoming closures of two of JPMorgan’s socially conscious exchange-traded funds are shining a spotlight on the vanishing appetite for environmental, social and governance products.

BlackRock on Thursday officially filed for a spot ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF), doubling down on its cryptocurrency bets amid investor optimism about the approval of such investment vehicles. The iShares Ethereum Trust, which was registered last week and will be listed on Nasdaq if approved, will give investors access to ether — the second most popular cryptocurrency — without directly owning it. BlackRock is proposing to convert the trust to a «spot» ETF, which means it will own ether instead of futures products tied to the crypto token. While futures-based crypto ETFs have previously been approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the regulator has long contended that the spot crypto market is prone to fraud and manipulation.

Origin Energy’s retail investor base has been subject to weeks of relentless campaigning to vote in favour of the proposed $20 billion Origin Energy takeover by a private North American duo, with the board mounting a multichannel effort to engage the critical voting block ahead of Thursday’s pivotal vote.

In the ever-evolving world of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC) has experienced a slight retreat, now trading at $36,410, marking a 0.25% decrease on Saturday. This latest fluctuation comes amid significant developments in the crypto space.

Asset management giant Fidelity just filed a 19b-4 with the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) to set up a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) called the Fidelity Ethereum Trust, just one day after BlackRock filed to set up the iShares Ethereum Trust, its own spot Ethereum ETF.

At first blush, a record $100 billion flood into actively managed exchange-traded funds this year raises a tantalizing prospect: A revival of stock picking even as only Big Tech names outperform the market. Yet a look under the hood of popular ETFs shows the boom is almost entirely taking place in passive-looking trades.

The general belief amongst market experts is that a Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval is on the horizon following Grayscale’s significant legal victory against the SEC.

In its latest quarterly 13F, released Tuesday evening, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa) (BRK-A) highlighted that it has added at least one new stock in the third quarter and is not ready to tell the world about it just yet. Berkshire used what is known as confidential treatment with the SEC for the new stock position or positions. This will allow Berkshire to build the position without worrying about Buffett disciples bidding the stock up.

Federated Hermes chief equity strategist Phil Orlando on the Fed's rate hikes being 'over,' the holiday retail outlook and remaining Q3 earnings.

The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, formally filed an application for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund on Wednesday, November 15th.

BlackRock Inc.’s Larry Fink and Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone Inc. were among the top US executives seated at President Xi Jinping’s table at an exclusive dinner in San Francisco, where the Chinese leader pitched his nation as a positive force for world peace.

(Reuters) — Asset management giant BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) on Thursday began courting public investors for an ethereum trust, doubling down on its cryptocurrency bets amid potentially easing regulations over such investment vehicles.