Earlier this year, BlackRock held $360,457 in CME bitcoin futures contracts. BlackRock's first batch of futures contracts will expire on March 21, 2021. Given the extent of institutional interest in the cryptocurrency market after the COVID-19-induced global economic crash in March 2020, BlackRock's entry into the space should come as no surprise. According to sources, the world's largest multi-trillion-dollar asset manager considered investing in BTC futures through two of its funds earlier this year.