**BlackRock Breaks Record at $10.6 Trillion AUM!**

- BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has just reached a milestone with AUM (Assets Under Management) surpassing $10 trillion. To be precise, $10.6 trillion! 🚀

- BlackRock's earnings per share (EPS) rose to $9.99 from $9.06 a year ago, with revenue increasing 7.7% to $4.8 billion. Total revenue for the quarter grew 8% to $4.81 billion, and net income rose to $1.50 billion.

- BlackRock also recorded net inflows of $139 billion for the first half of the year, including a record $82 billion for their ETFs. Investment and administrative costs rose 8.6% to $3.72 billion, and revenue from technology services increased 10% to $395 million.

- BlackRock holds the largest public Bitcoin position through the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF, which now contains over 300,000 BTC.

- Despite the strong performance, BlackRock's share price fell 0.028% in pre-market trading on Monday. However, CEO Larry Fink remains optimistic, stating that BlackRock is running on the broadest opportunity they have seen in recent years.

- Last month, BlackRock agreed to acquire data provider Preqin for $3.2 billion, which will enhance its private markets capabilities.

- What do you think about BlackRock's achievements? Will this impact the crypto market? Come on, discuss it in the comments column!