Tag: BlackRock
Q2 2026 Crypto Regulatory Countdown: How Two Landmark U.S. Rulesets Could Reshape Global Markets
As Q2 2026 approaches, the crypto industry faces a pivotal regulatory moment. Two landmark U.S. rulesets — the GENIUS Act’s stablecoin framework and the CLARITY Act’s digital asset market-structure reforms — are moving from legislative text to practical enforcement, with implications that will reverberate across global markets and interact with Europe’s MiCA regime and new Basel banking standards.
Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Funds Buy the Bitcoin Crash: $1B BlackRock ETF Bet Signals a New Phase of Institutional Adoption
As retail traders panic‑sold into the latest Bitcoin drawdown, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth giants quietly built more than $1 billion in exposure to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), turning the crypto crash into a long‑term entry point. New 13F filings show Mubadala Investment Company and Al Warda Investments increased their IBIT stakes by 46% during a 23% Q4 2025 BTC slump—and have held through an additional 23% slide in early 2026, even as other institutions cut their ETF allocations.