BlackRock has filed for a $12.5 trillion Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, sending digital asset markets and institutional circles abuzz. Unlike BlackRock’s previous offering – iShares Bitcoin Trust (iBIT), its proposed Bitcoin Premium ETF is built around a covered-call strategy designed to generate yield for its investors.
By employing options on Bitcoin, BlackRock aims to deliver regular income distributions which appeal to yield-seeking investors who want exposure to Bitcoin but prefer to temper volatility.
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas took to X to say, “Given all the other coins about to ETF-ized, it’s notable BlackRock is going another bitcoin product, which signifies they are going to build around BTC and ETH, and lay off the rest, at least for now. This makes the horse race for these other coins much more wide open. No Secretariat to contend with.”
“On flip side, all the other bitcoin covered call ETFs currently on the market or in registration just sh*t their pants,” he added.
BlackRock registered the name iShares Bitcoin Premium ETF, filing coming soon. This is a covered call bitcoin strategy in order to give btc some yield. This will be a '33 Act spot product, sequel to the $87b $IBIT. pic.twitter.com/IR7hJ59m6q
— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) September 25, 2025
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Is BlackRock Engineering Products Wall Street Can’t Ignore?
BlackRock isn’t going all in, it’s engineering products Wall Street can’t ignore.
A premium income ETF turns Bitcoin into yield for institutions.
Is this the bridge that pulls trillions into crypto markets?
— Crypto Ex-Insider (@XInsiderCrypto) September 25, 2025
According to popular X user Crypto Ex-Insider, “BlackRock isn’t going all in, it’s engineering products Wall Street can’t ignore.”
Meanwhile, Leon Waidman, the head of research at Onchain Foundation, said, “BlackRock built a quarter-billion-dollar business, almost overnight. For comparison, many fintech unicorns don’t make that in a decade. This isn’t experimentation anymore. The world’s largest asset manager has proven that crypto is a serious profit center.”
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iBIT Solidified BlackRock As Preeminent Provider Of Regulated BTC Funds
iBIT launched in early 2024. It has amassed over $87 billion in assets.
iBIT alone controls about 60% of the US Bitcoin ETF market and has generated more than $218 million in annual revenue from its Bitcoin products, complemented by $42 million from Ethereum funds.
IBIT overtook BlackRock flagship S&P 500 ETF (IVV) in annual revenue generation. Despite being a fraction of its size in terms of assets under management, IBIT’s surge is pivotal. It indicates an increase in institutional demand for regulated Bitcoin exposure.
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Key Takeaways
BlackRock now holds over 706,000 Bitcoin—valued at a jaw-dropping $71 billion—and manages more than 3.8 million Ethereum tokens, giving the asset manager unprecedented influence in digital asset custody and institutional strategy.
The move comes on the heels of staggering success for BlackRock’s crypto arm.
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