BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Achieves Significant Milestone, Marking Mainstream Acceptance of Cryptocurrency
A notable development occurred on Friday, indicating the accelerating institutionalization of the bitcoin market, which has been driven by individual investors for years. This is because the options, or hedging instruments, linked to BlackRock's bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), IBIT, have grown slightly larger on Nasdaq than the total bitcoin options trading on the offshore giant Deribit. It i…
April 25, 2026, 6:29 p.m.