Marina Lyubimova
As reported by Cointelegraph, the value of the real world assets that BlackRock holds on blockchains has grown by about $700 million since the beginning of 2026.
By adding this amount, the total value of those assets is now approximately $2.5 billion, whereas the value was $1.8 billion when the year began. Because this growth continued at a constant rate through the first quarter and into April, it is likely that large institutions are depositing funds for long periods instead of prices changing rapidly.
In the current market, the majority of this expansion is in products that use the United States dollar as their base currency - those products are more common than any other type of tokenized asset, while the other parts of the market do not change often.
To explain this change, it is part of a general process where companies that manage assets use blockchain technology to provide traditional financial services.
Marina Lyubimova
