According to @StockMKTNewz, BlackRock’s assets under management stand at $14.04 trillion, up from $4.6 trillion in 2015. Source: @StockMKTNewz (Jan 18, 2026). This equals a $9.44 trillion increase and an estimated 10.7% compound annual growth rate over 2015–2026, based on the cited figures. Source: calculation from @StockMKTNewz data (Jan 18, 2026). Management and advisory fees at BlackRock primarily scale with average AUM, tying this growth directly to BLK’s revenue base for trading and valuation analysis. Source: BlackRock 2023 Form 10-K. For crypto markets, BlackRock sponsors the iShares Bitcoin Trust IBIT, a US spot BTC ETF, so AUM scale and distribution breadth provide context for BTC-linked ETF flows. Source: BlackRock product disclosures.

According to @lookonchain, BlackRock deposited 4,471 BTC valued at approximately $390.8M to Coinbase Prime on Nov 25, 2025, with the transaction referenced via an Arkham Intelligence entity link for BlackRock, source: @lookonchain; source: Arkham Intelligence. Arkham Intelligence attributes the sending wallets to the BlackRock entity, providing on-chain labeling that ties the transfer to BlackRock, source: Arkham Intelligence. Coinbase Prime is Coinbase’s institutional platform for trade execution, custody, and OTC settlement for asset managers, so such inflows position additional BTC inventory within an exchange-affiliated institutional venue rather than necessarily the public spot order book, source: Coinbase Institutional. BlackRock is the sponsor of the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which lists Coinbase Custody Trust Company as custodian, contextualizing BlackRock’s operational linkage to Coinbase’s institutional infrastructure without implying a use case for this specific transfer, source: BlackRock; source: Coinbase Institutional.