BlackRock Files to Add Bitcoin Futures to Two of Its Funds

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Illuminated racks of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining devices and power units at the BitCluster cryptocurrency mining farm in Norilsk, Russia, on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Norilsk may soon be famous for a different type of mining — it now hosts the Arctic's first crypto farm for producing new Bitcoins. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
Illuminated racks of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining devices and power units at the BitCluster cryptocurrency mining farm in Norilsk, Russia, on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Norilsk may soon be famous for a different type of mining — it now hosts the Arctic's first crypto farm for producing new Bitcoins. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- BlackRock Inc. is adding cash-settled Bitcoin futures as an eligible investment to two funds, according to regulatory filings.

The world’s largest asset manager filed updated prospectuses for two funds on Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that included cash-settled Bitcoin futures among the assets they can buy.

The funds where the exposure could be added are BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities and BlackRock Global Allocation Fund Inc.

A BlackRock spokesperson declined to comment beyond the filing.

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