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BlackRock ended 2025 with 771,000 bitcoins worth $67.49 billion
The world’s largest asset management company, BlackRock, ended the year with a dominant position in bitcoin among all institutional investors. As of December 31, 2025, the assets of its exchange-traded fund (ETF) iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) amounted to about 771 thousand BTC.
According to publicly available information on IBIT, by the end of the year the fund held bitcoins worth $67.49 billion, which accounts for 100% of the total portfolio value, which also includes only $38,894 in cash for operational purposes.
The total volume of assets amounted to approximately 770.791 BTC, confirming the fund’s status as the world’s largest exchange-traded BTC fund and one of the most liquid exchange-traded products (ETPs) by volume and trading activity.
The amount of bitcoins held by IBIT as of December 31, 2025. Source: BlackRock.
These figures were achieved despite the difficult price dynamics of bitcoin in 2025, indicating that adoption was driven by institutional demand rather than considerations of short-term profit.
Market analysts and BlackRock executives described IBIT as the most successful ETF launch in history and one of the most successful exchange-traded products. The fund became BlackRock’s most profitable ETF, surpassing many long-established exchange-traded products in terms of revenue.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink described bitcoin as a “fear asset” used as protection against currency debasement, budget deficits, and political instability.
If everyone adopted this concept, bitcoin would rise to $500,000, $600,000, $700,000, Fink said.
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