Last week, BlackRock’s tokenized money-market fund, BUIDL, surpassed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM) for the first time, just one week shy of its one-year anniversary.
Launched on Ethereum in March 2024, BUIDL now also operates on three Ethereum layer-2s (Arbitrum, Optimism, and Polygon) and two alternative layer-1s (Avalanche and Aptos), broadening its multi-chain presence.
This milestone highlights growing institutional engagement in crypto tokenization, underscoring the potential of digital assets and blockchain as a secure, robust, and versatile foundation for modern finance.
Market Highlights
BlackRock’s BUIDL major milestone
BlackRock’s tokenized money-market fund, BUIDL, surpassed $1 billion in assets under management last week, making it the first institutional on-chain fund to cross this milestone.
This highlights once again the merging of crypto and traditional finance, marking a significant step in crypto adoption by institutions and signaling the growing acceptance of traditional securities in tokenized form.
Goldman Sachs comments on crypto
In its annual shareholders letter, Goldman Sachs acknowledged crypto’s increasing role in financial markets and the growing importance of blockchain and digital assets.
Goldman Sachs’ recognition of crypto reassures the growing institutional acceptance of digital assets and reinforces the idea that crypto is no longer a niche asset class but already an integral part of the evolving financial landscape.
Russia using crypto in oil trade
Russia is using cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ether and USDT in its oil trade with China and India.
Although crypto accounts for only a small portion of total trade, this highlights its permissionless and decentralized nature, and underscores crypto’s potential as a more robust infrastructure for international trade.
Market Metrics
The NCITM had a neutral week, dipping 0.3%, potentially marking a shift after weeks of negative momentum. Institutional interest in digital assets continued to grow, highlighted by Goldman Sachs’ acknowledgment of crypto in its annual shareholder letter. However, uncertainty remains around Trump’s tariff rhetoric, driving further demand for defensive assets like gold, which has risen above $3,000 for the first time in history, and continues to outperform in 2025, delivering a remarkable 14.0% upswing year to date.
Jämförelseindex: STOXX Global Space Satellites and Drones Index
Rymdindustrin befinner sig i en brytpunkt, då tillgången till rymdindustrin skiftar från rent statligt ledda program till en bredare blandning av myndigheter och välkapitaliserade offentliga och privata aktörer.
iShares Space Technologies UCITSETF (ST4R) fångar hela värdekedjan i denna expanderande rymdekonomi, inklusive snabbare börsintroduktioner, från uppskjutningsleverantörer och återanvändbara tekniker som sänker kostnaden för tillgång till omloppsbana, till satellitoperatörer och de efterföljande tillämpningar som är beroende av rymdbaserad infrastruktur.
ST4R investerar i företag som genererar minst 25 % av intäkterna från rymd-, drönar- eller satellitverksamhet, vilket säkerställer en tydlig tematisk anpassning*.
Positionera investeringar i centrum för Artemis-erans ekosystem
ST4R fångar upp företag som drar nytta av den expanderande rymdekonomin, understödd av statliga program, försvarsutgifter och accelererande privata investeringar*.
Snabbspår för ledare
Indexet inkluderar ett snabbspår för börsintroduktion, vilket gör det möjligt att lägga till kvalificerade företag genom ad hoc- eller extraordinära ombalanseringar efter notering.
Det betyder att det går att handla andelar i denna ETF genom de flesta svenska banker och Internetmäklare, till exempel Nordnet, SAVR, DEGIRO och Avanza.
JPM US Equity Premium Income Active UCITSETF EUR Dist (JIPD ETF) med ISIN IE000RE0SQM6, är en aktivt förvaltad börshandlad fond (ETF). Delfondens mål är att generera inkomst och långsiktig kapitaltillväxt. Delfonden strävar efter att
(i) investera i en portfölj av aktier som huvudsakligen består av företag som har sitt säte i, eller bedriver huvuddelen av sin ekonomiska verksamhet i, USA, och (ii) sälja aktieköpoptioner och/eller aktieindexköpoptioner för att generera inkomst genom tillhörande utdelningar och optionspremier.
Den börshandlade fondens totala kostnadskvot (TER) uppgår till 0,35 % per år. Utdelningarna i ETFen delas ut till andelsägarna månadsvis.
JPM US Equity Premium Income Active UCITSETF EUR Distär en mycket liten ETF med 25 miljon euro i förvaltat kapital. ETFen lanserades den 6 november 2025 och har sitt säte i Irland. Denna ETF använder sig av fysisk replikering. Den börshandlade fonden använder sig av fysisk replikering.
Det betyder att det går att handla andelar i denna ETF genom de flesta svenska banker och Internetmäklare, till exempel Nordnet, SAVR, DEGIRO och Avanza.
21Shares have published a new report examining what the quantum threat actually looks like for digital assets, including the timeline, the potential exposure, the prep required, and what this all might mean for asset allocators.
The exposure is larger than most appreciate. Between 4 million and 6.9 million bitcoin have permanently visible account numbers, aka public addresses and public keys, making them vulnerable to a quantum attack. Nearly every active Ethereum account and every Solana account face the same structural exposure.
The timeline shifted in March. On March 31, Google’s quantum team, alongside researchers from the Ethereum Foundation and Stanford, published findings showing the computing power needed to break this encryption is around 20x lower than the field previously believed.
You can’t prepare adequately for a quantum break if you determine that one is six months or a year ahead. You have to act before there’s a real perceived risk – but by definition that means sounding the alarm ’too early’.
The good news is that network preparation is further along than most investors realize. Bitcoin took its first step in Feb 2026 with the merger of BIP-360, a quantum-resistant address proposal. Ethereum has working code and ten independent teams building toward network migration. Solana has a path most observers have missed entirely.
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