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BlackRock
World's largest asset manager · spot BTC & ETH ETF custody · @BlackRock
This wallet cluster is the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and its ether sibling — the single biggest on-chain footprint in the market. When people say "the ETF bid," this is the address it settles to.
The desk's read
IBIT went from launch to the fastest-growing ETF in history, and the balance here is the physical proof: the bitcoin backing every share sits in cold storage that on-chain data maps to BlackRock. The ether stack is the newer, smaller half of the same machine.
Why it matters for the desk: this holding barely trades — it accumulates. Net creations mean inflows, redemptions mean outflows, and the day-to-day drift you see here is mostly price. It's the cleanest single read on institutional demand that exists on-chain.
Watch the direction, not the number. A quarter where this cluster shrinks in coin terms — not dollar terms — is the tell that the ETF bid has paused.
What they hold
Largest token positions on-chain data maps to this entity, by USD value.
| Asset? | Chain? | Value? |
|---|---|---|
| BTC | bitcoin | $58.25B |
| ETH | ethereum | $7.16B |
How to read a row → BTC · bitcoin · $58.25B: this entity's largest position is $58.25B of BTC held on bitcoin. Rows are sorted by USD value, so the top row is the biggest bet.
By chain
| Network? | Value? |
|---|---|
| bitcoin | $58.25B |
| ethereum | $7.16B |
How to read a row → bitcoin · $58.25B: $58.25B of the holdings live on bitcoin. Chains are ranked by value, so the top row is where most of the money sits.
Source: balances read directly from public chain RPCs, priced via DeFiLlama. USD-denominated, so they move with price as well as with flows. Updated 4 Sep 2026.
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Not investment advice. Entity labels are on-chain attribution and can be imperfect; a labelled balance may mix personal, treasury and custody wallets. Large balances do not imply intent, some never move.