According to @StockMKTNewz, BlackRock (BLK) now has $13.5 trillion in assets under management, up from $12.5 trillion last quarter, a $1.0 trillion increase of roughly 8% quarter over quarter (source: @StockMKTNewz on X, Oct 14, 2025). Because BlackRock’s investment advisory and administration fees are primarily based on AUM, the higher base increases fee-revenue sensitivity that traders often factor into BLK’s near-term pricing around earnings and guidance (source: BlackRock 2023 Form 10-K). For crypto, BlackRock sponsors the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), a U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF that provides BTC exposure, making the firm’s scale relevant when monitoring ETF distribution and liquidity metrics tied to BTC market participation (source: BlackRock iShares IBIT product page). Traders can anchor on the $13.5T headline and +$1T QoQ delta as catalysts for BLK and use them as context when tracking IBIT flows alongside BTC spot volumes during U.S. hours (source: @StockMKTNewz on X, Oct 14, 2025; BlackRock iShares IBIT product page).

According to @AggrNews, BlackRock’s CEO said the firm is spending a great deal of time developing its own technology for tokenization and digitization of assets, signaling ongoing build-out of institutional real‑world asset infrastructure (source: @AggrNews citing Reuters). This statement aligns with BlackRock’s prior tokenization activity, including the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) launched on the Ethereum network, highlighting ETH’s role in on-chain issuance and settlement for tokenized instruments (source: BlackRock press release, March 2024). For crypto traders, the immediate focus is on ETH and RWA-linked instruments given BlackRock’s use of Ethereum rails for BUIDL, with attention warranted around any subsequent formal product or partnership disclosures from BlackRock on tokenization (source: BlackRock press release, March 2024; @AggrNews citing Reuters).