Prime Minister Mark Carney hosted a major investment summit in Toronto with over 167 projects on offer, attracting global investors including OpenAI and BlackRock. OpenAI expressed interest in Canadian data center partnerships, citing available energy and land, while Carney positioned Canada as a 'safe harbour' amid US trade tensions.
AI lab Anthropic introduced a specialized version of its Claude chatbot for financial advisors, integrating with investment analytics and wealth management platforms from major firms including BlackRock, Charles Schwab, Vanguard, and Addepar. The tool connects to custodial data and model portfolios while keeping client data on custodian servers.
US spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $987 million in net inflows for the week ending September 5, with BlackRock's IBIT capturing roughly 70% of flows. The week capped a three-week streak totaling $3.8 billion in inflows, signaling recovering institutional demand.
Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) and BlackRock-backed tokenization platform Securitize have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop regulated tokenized markets and digital asset infrastructure in Dubai.
BlackRock lowered the minimum bitcoin required for direct conversion into its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF shares from $25 million to $1 million in July 2026. The firm has processed over $5 billion in direct bitcoin-to-ETF conversions, while competitor Bitwise also reduced its threshold from $100 million to $3 million.
Tudor Investment Corporation raised its holdings in BlackRock's IBIT spot Bitcoin ETF by 18.9% to 688,529 shares valued at $22.9 million as of June 30, 2026, according to a 13F filing. The increase marks a reversal after a year of selling by the billionaire hedge fund manager's firm.
Swiss banking giant UBS Group AG boosted its call option position tied to BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) by more than 24-fold, reaching 1.95 million underlying shares as of June 30, while also increasing direct holdings by 12% to approximately $83-90 million. The move signals growing institutional demand for regulated Bitcoin exposure.
Nvidia announced a plan with major Wall Street firms including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to mobilize up to $500 billion for AI infrastructure. Analysts warn the deal faces significant risk from China's Huawei chip production surge, which could depress secondary GPU market prices that serve as collateral for the financing structure.
Flowdesk Omega FZE, the Dubai subsidiary of French digital asset firm Flowdesk, has been granted a full broker-dealer license by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). The BlackRock-backed liquidity provider and trading technology firm can now offer crypto broker-dealer services in the UAE.
Nvidia has partnered with six major financial institutions including Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock, and Brookfield Asset Management to launch compute financing platforms aimed at raising over $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure, including datacenters, chip factories, and power stations.
Nvidia has partnered with six major Wall Street firms including Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to mobilize over $500 billion in third-party capital for GPU-backed AI infrastructure financing. The complex leveraged financing structures, including Lambda's $1 billion credit facility, are drawing increased scrutiny as rating standards remain unresolved.
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted $853.54 million in net inflows during the week ending August 7, 2026, marking their best weekly performance since mid-April. BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) dominated with approximately $693 million of the total inflows.
Bitcoin fell to around $64,300 and Ethereum dropped to approximately $1,904 on August 7, 2026, as the broader cryptocurrency market slipped 0.5% amid a sharp 38.7% decline in the DeFi sector. Despite the downturn, BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF saw $170 million in inflows.
Real-world asset (RWA) deposits in decentralized finance platforms surged to $7.4 billion in Q2 2026, more than tripling from the previous year, even as overall DeFi deposits fell approximately 15%. The growth was driven by tokenized Treasury funds and products like BlackRock's BUIDL and Sky's sUSDS, according to a CoinShares report.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $211.5 million in net inflows on August 4, 2026, with BlackRock's IBIT fund accounting for $170 million. Bitcoin price held steady near $64,000 despite the strong institutional demand.
BlackRock introduced blockchain-based tokenized share classes for six European money market funds in its Institutional Cash Series, using JPMorgan's Kinexys platform to mint tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. The initiative marks a significant expansion of digital asset technology into mainstream institutional finance.
BlackRock introduced blockchain-based tokenized share classes for select European money market funds and launched two new tokenized funds (BSTBL and BRSRV) designed for stablecoin reserve management, all built on Ethereum in partnership with Kinexys by JPMorgan.
BlackRock, Fidelity Digital Assets, Coinbase, Strategy, and other leading firms formed the Bitcoin Security Consortium, pledging $15 million over three years to fund Bitcoin security research, including post-quantum cryptography. The initiative follows Galaxy Digital's separate $5 million quantum readiness fund announced days earlier.
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted approximately $930 million in net inflows across six consecutive trading days through July 21, 2026, marking their longest inflow streak since April. Bitcoin climbed above $66,000 during the streak. BlackRock's IBIT led the inflows, and Crypto Briefing said its disproportionate share suggested that institutional investors were returning after June's $4.7 billion outflow.
Japan's dominant security token platform completed migration of ¥452 billion ($3 billion) in regulated assets from Corda 5 to a dedicated Avalanche L1, achieving 3–5x faster transfers. Concurrently, BlackRock's BUIDL fund on Avalanche surged 105% in seven days to surpass $900 million.
A consortium of over 140 major financial and technology companies including Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock, Coinbase, and Bank of New York Mellon launched Open USD (OUSD), a new stablecoin that shares reserve earnings with participants. The announcement caused Circle Internet Group shares to tumble 15% as the initiative directly challenges existing stablecoin leaders.
