BlackRock Crypto News: BlackRock Expands Digital Assets Team, Adds Four Roles

BlackRock Grows Its Digital Assets Team, Adding Four Highly Skilled Roles

The investment firm has posted four new job openings on its website, including a legal advisor to advise on the launch of an ETF.

Helen Brown | Edited by Sam Reynolds 27 Mar 2025 3:19am UTC

Important points:

• BlackRock has announced four new positions in its digital assets space, highlighting its growing ambitions in cryptocurrency beyond its existing Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.
• The company continues to hire as tokenized finance gains popularity, led by BlackRock's $1.7 billion BUIDL fund.
• While other institutions are exploring ETF possibilities for Solana, XRP, and Litecoin, BlackRock is keeping its plans for future crypto products under wraps.

BlackRock is looking to expand its digital assets team as Wall Street firms increasingly take interest in the space.

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Following the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, major financial firms have begun to take active steps to strengthen their presence in the cryptocurrency space. While BlackRock has long been a leader in this area, especially among traditional financial institutions, the asset manager appears to have many more plans.

BlackRock posted four openings on its digital assets team on Wednesday, including a chief digital asset officer, chief regulatory affairs officer, vice president of digital assets and ETF legal counsel, and an associate digital asset officer.

According to the job postings, three of the positions are in New York City and one is in Atlanta. The job descriptions were fairly general and provide no clues about what BlackRock might be working on in the future.

The company is seeking a legal advisor to assist with future cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) launches. BlackRock has already launched two spot ETF products: iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHE).

Other issuers have also filed to launch funds for various crypto assets, including Solana (SOL), XRP, and Litecoin (LTC). However, BlackRock has not yet disclosed any plans to do the same.

The company is also actively pursuing tokenization, a sector in which it has quickly taken a leading position.

BlackRock's tokenized money market USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) has raised $1.7 billion since its launch in 2023, making it the largest tokenized fund to date.

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