BlackRock crypto ETF assets jump 63% to $79.6bn in third quarter

Key points

• Digital assets under management rose to $79.6bn at the end of September from $48.8bn at the end of June, a 63% increase.
• Investors added $7.9bn in the quarter, reversing about $2.2bn of first-half outflows, while market gains added $22.9bn.
• Holdings remain 23% below the nearly $104bn managed a year earlier, and the funds earned $39m in quarterly fees and securities lending revenue.

BlackRock's crypto ETF assets rose 63% in the third quarter to $79.6bn, according to the asset manager's earnings report released on Wednesday, as investors returned to digital asset funds after a first-half slump.

The company reported $79.6bn in digital assets under management at the end of September, up from $48.8bn at the end of June. Investors added $7.9bn to its digital asset products during the quarter, more than offsetting the roughly $2.2bn withdrawn in the first six months of 2026.

Market gains did most of the work. Of the $30.8bn increase in digital assets during the quarter, $22.9bn came from rising crypto prices and $7.9bn from investor flows, CoinDesk reports. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies had come under pressure earlier in the year, weighing on funds that hold them.

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