BlackRock Files Digital Asset Fund to the SEC, Backed by $100M

• BlackRock has filed to introduce the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund.
• The fund is in collaboration with asset tokenization firm Securitize.
• BlackRock reportedly deposited 100 million USDC into a wallet on Ethereum’s chain.

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm, has quietly unveiled its foray into the tokenized asset landscape. According to a recent SEC filing, the firm has introduced the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, an initiative registered in the British Virgin Islands.

The initiative was developed in collaboration with San Francisco-based Securitize, an asset tokenization firm. Since the fund’s announcement, keen observers in the blockchain community have spotted a substantial transaction involving $100 million in Circle’s USDC stablecoin transferred on the Ethereum network, likely associated with BlackRock’s latest endeavor.

Also, crypto community members have argued that the move from BlackRock hints at a potential focus on Real-World Assets (RWA) tokenization.  “This is a huge step towards RWA adoption,” X user remarked.

In January, BlackRock’s CEO, Larry Fink, discussed the transformat…

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