{"id":138774,"date":"2022-04-28T04:02:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T09:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/blackrock-launches-a-blockchain-etf-that-offers-a-gradual-entry-point-into-the-tech-and-the-opportunity-for-exponential-growth-says-top-ishares-exec"},"modified":"2022-04-28T04:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T09:02:36","slug":"blackrock-launches-a-blockchain-etf-that-offers-a-gradual-entry-point-into-the-tech-and-the-opportunity-for-exponential-growth-says-top-ishares-exec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/blackrock-launches-a-blockchain-etf-that-offers-a-gradual-entry-point-into-the-tech-and-the-opportunity-for-exponential-growth-says-top-ishares-exec","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock launches a blockchain ETF that offers a \u2018gradual entry point\u2019 into the tech \u2014 and the opportunity for exponential growth, says top iShares exec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/blackrock-launches-a-blockchain-etf-that-offers-a-gradual-entry-point-into-the-tech-and-the-opportunity-for-exponential-growth-says-top-ishares-exec.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BlackRock announced on Wednesday its new iShares Blockchain and Tech ETF (IBLC), which allows investors to gain exposure to the blockchain sector without any direct investments in cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange-traded fund tracks US and international companies involved in the \u201cdevelopment, innovation, and utilization of blockchain and crypto technologies,\u201d BlackRock said. Currently, the fund has over $4.7 million in net assets across 34 holdings, excluding cash positions and derivative exposures.<\/p>\n<p>The ETF is a \u201cgradual entry point into the blockchain ecosystem\u201d and includes holdings like crypto exchanges, crypto miners, and underlying technologies, said Rachel Aguirre, BlackRock\u2019s head of US iShares product, at a Wednesday panel event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackRock announced on Wednesday its new iShares Blockchain and Tech ETF (IBLC), which allows investors to gain exposure to the blockchain sector without any direct investments in cryptocurrencies. The exchange-traded fund tracks US and international companies involved in the \u201cdevelopment, innovation, and utilization of blockchain and crypto technologies,\u201d BlackRock said. Currently, the fund has over [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3818,1761],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blockchains","category-cryptocurrencies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}