CryptoRank: "BlackRock Effect", how a player with $13.5 trillion changes the liquidity of the crypto market.

#BlackRock - the largest asset manager in the world. Over $13.5 trillion under management, stakes in 5000+ companies, more than 2500 ETFs and index funds. And now this giant is deliberately entering the crypto industry.

Analysts #CryptoRank analyze the current state of affairs.

1. IBIT: the main institutional "vacuum cleaner" for Bitcoin. A brief about the largest spot Bitcoin ETF, iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT):

- 775 715 BTC under management.

- About $70 billion at current prices.

- More than 4% of circulating supply #BTC.

- More than MicroStrategy (660 624 BTC).

This is the first historical precedent where one traditional fund controls such a volume of BTC liquidity.

2. ETHA: institutional entry into Ethereum. A brief about Ethereum ETF from this investment giant, iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA):

- 3.6+ million ETH under management.

- About $12 billion in assets.

3. What is BlackRock betting on in the crypto sector? So far, the company is not entering altcoins (and whether it will - there are no announcements) - the approach is strictly infrastructural:

- mining: Hut 8 (HUT), Marathon Digital (MARA).

- exchanges: Coinbase (COIN).

- infrastructure and tokenization: Circle, Securitize, ConsenSys, Blockdaemon, Cipher, Flowdesk.

- institutional liquidity and asset storage providers.

This is a strategic bet - BlackRock is entering not risky projects, but key points of the infrastructure of this new financial layer.

Why does this change the game? CEO Larry Fink publicly states that tokenization is the "next revolution of financial markets." That is, BlackRock is preparing the market for a mass transition of assets to blockchain format through regulated products.

And what is important: unlike the old crypto cycle, where traders came in, now pension funds, institutions, and money managers are entering it. That is:

- sustainable inflows,

- deeper liquidity liquidity,

- potentially - less manipulability (many here will smile skeptically),

- institutional control over price trends.

What does all this mean for the crypto market in 2026–2027? If BlackRock continues to increase allocations:

- ETFs will firmly establish themselves as the main channel for absorbing BTC and ETH.

- Capital that previously had no access to the crypto market will continue to enter it in large volumes.

Looking at all this, the conclusion: revaluation of the entire sector is a matter of time, not a hypothesis.

BlackRock is not currently "buying crypto." They are building a new financial layer where that very "crypto" is the infrastructure.