BlackRock buys over $22 billion in cryptocurrencies in Q3 2025 – Finbold report

BlackRock’s aggressive push into digital assets accelerated in the third quarter of 2025, with the asset manager adding $22.46 billion to its crypto portfolio, according to Finbold’s Q3 2025 Cryptocurrency Market ￰2￱ July 1 and September 30, the value of BlackRock’s on-chain Bitcoin ( BTC ) and Ethereum ( ETH ) holdings surged from $79.63 billion to $102.09 billion, marking a 28.2% increase in just three months. ! function(e,n,i,s)var d="InfogramEmbeds";var o=e. getElementsByTagName(n)0;if(windowd&&windowd. initialized)windowd.

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Q3 growth trajectory The latest quarterly performance builds on an already strong first half of the ￰4￱ H1 2025, BlackRock’s portfolio grew by $23.91 billion, rising from $54.77 billion on January 1 to $78.67 billion on June ￰5￱ the time, Bitcoin gains contributed $23.3 billion of that total, while Ethereum added $678.9 million. ! function(e,n,i,s)var d="InfogramEmbeds";var o=e. getElementsByTagName(n)0;if(windowd&&windowd. initialized)windowd.

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parentNode. insertBefore(r,o)(document,"script","infogram-async","￰1￱ Put together, BlackRock has added over $46 billion in crypto value since January 1, underscoring its position as the largest institutional holder of digital ￰6￱ momentum continues The pace of accumulation has not slowed in ￰7￱ tracked by Arkham shows that between October 1 and October 8, BlackRock’s portfolio grew by an additional $10.43 billion, averaging more than $1 billion in new value per ￰8￱ of October 8, its Bitcoin stash stood at 769,220 BTC ($95.96 billion), while its Ethereum holdings reached 3.89 million ETH ($18.26 billion). BlackRock’s outsized inflows continue to dwarf ￰9￱ October 6 alone, its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) accounted for 85% of all BTC ETF inflows, adding 6,447 BTC worth over $805 ￰10￱ iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) captured 88% of ETH ETF inflows that same day, absorbing 45,672 ETH valued at $212.9 ￰11￱ the launch of spot ETFs earlier this year, BlackRock has repeatedly led the market, with inflows often exceeding those of all rivals combined.