BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has projected that the company's cryptocurrency business could generate $500 million in annual revenue within five years. In his 2026 letter to shareholders, Fink highlighted BlackRock's current management of approximately 800,000 bitcoins, valued at $55 billion, through its spot Bitcoin ETF, which currently yields $250 million annually from the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF. Fink also noted the success of BlackRock's tokenized fund, BUIDL, which has become the largest of its kind globally, with over $2 billion in assets under management. BlackRock's total digital asset-related assets have reached $150 billion, including $65 billion in stablecoin reserves and nearly $80 billion in digital asset ETFs. Fink emphasized the transformative potential of blockchain tokenization for traditional assets and warned that the U.S. risks falling behind if it does not advance its digital efforts.