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    BlackRock

    BlackRock is an American multinational investment company headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 1988 and describes itself as a global asset manager and technology provider. It manages $15.3 trillion in assets as of 2026.

    blackrock.com
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    Larry Fink

    Leadership

    Larry Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Larry Fink is chairman and chief executive officer of BlackRock.

    Key facts

    Founded
    March 9, 1988source
    Began
    1988, with eight people in a single roomsource
    Headquarters
    New York Citysource
    Offices
    70 offices in 30 countriessource
    Assets under management
    $15.3 trillion as of 2026source
    Chairman and CEO (co-founder)
    Larry Finksource

    WYDE coverage of BlackRock

    WYDE Newsroom has published 10 articles about BlackRock, from Mar 29, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026. BlackRock is the subject of 8 stories, an investor in 1 story and a named leader in 1 story. The most recent is Birch Hill Raises $4 Million Seed to Bring U.S. Farm and Apartment Loans Onchain.

    Crypto & DeFi

    Birch Hill Raises $4 Million Seed to Bring U.S. Farm and Apartment Loans Onchain

    The startup, founded by Goldman Sachs and BlackRock alumni, curates lending vaults on Morpho and has applied to FINRA as it works toward putting U.S. multifamily, farm and energy loans onchain.

    Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Bitcoin ETFs Turn Positive for 2026 After a $2.4 Billion Weekly Inflow

    US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows hit $2.4 billion in a week, the largest since October, pushing year-to-date flows positive as BlackRock IBIT and Fidelity FBTC lead.

    Sep 28, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    AI

    Nvidia and Six Wall Street Giants Commit $500 Billion to Finance AI Infrastructure With Compute as Collateral

    Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR will build dedicated debt pools for Nvidia's customers, deepening questions about how much AI demand is real and how much is financed by the chipmaker itself.

    Aug 12, 2026 · 2 min read · Investor

    Crypto & DeFi

    Circle Reports $701 Million in Q2 Revenue as BlackRock, BNY, and DTCC Line Up for Its Arc Blockchain

    Circle's second quarter results show USDC circulation up 19 percent to $73.3 billion, and a September 16 public mainnet date for Arc with BlackRock, BNY, DTCC, and Standard Chartered building on the network.

    Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Five Institutional Crypto Deals Landed in 48 Hours as the CLARITY Act's Senate Clock Runs Out

    Ripple, BlackRock, BitGo, BNY, and Western Union all shipped crypto infrastructure this week, none of it waiting on Congress, while the CLARITY Act sits without a cloture motion days before the Senate leaves for its August recess.

    Aug 4, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story

    WYDE Weekly

    The rails went public, Wall Street rang the NYSE bell, and Swift and Kelce sent $26M to food banks. 60,000 meals.

    WYDE Weekly: Securitize's NYSE debut, Open USD's 140 firms, a $400M Ponzi plea, a 53-million-egg food-bank settlement, and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's $26 million.

    Jul 3, 2026 · 7 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    Crypto & DeFi

    Open USD Launches With Visa, BlackRock, and 140 Firms Behind It

    Open Standard's new stablecoin shares most of its reserve earnings with the businesses that use it, and the news sent Circle shares to a four-month low

    Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    BlackRock Adds Ethena's USDe to Aladdin and Makes BUIDL Its Stablecoin Reserve

    BlackRock added Ethena's USDe to its Aladdin risk platform and made its tokenized Treasury fund BUIDL the main reserve for Ethena's white-label stablecoins, alongside a $100 million Securitize liquidity facility.

    Jun 29, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

    WYDE Weekly

    $381M verdict against Zuck. 90% SBA Financing for Food SMBs. $EAT at ATH. We signed our national partner.

    Feed the Children signed, $EAT ATH, SBA financing for food infrastructure, tokenization, AI, hunger policy, and big tech accountability.

    Mar 30, 2026 · 9 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Larry Fink Says Tokenization Is the Internet in 1996. The Law Says Not Yet.

    Larry Fink's 2026 annual letter calls tokenization the internet of 1996. BlackRock manages $150 billion in digital markets. The legal barriers are specific and documented.

    Mar 29, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story

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