iShares Blockchain and Tech ETF
$50.78−0.62 (−1.21%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.47%
- Fund size
- $91M
- 1Y return
- −1.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.98%
- Holdings
- 42
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $50.80
- 52W range
The ETF.net IBLC Grade
Score 66 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 85Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 49Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 54Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 57Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 63Category rank
Our read on IBLC
BBlackRock's picks-and-shovels take on crypto: roughly 40 global companies that build, run and use blockchain technology. You own the businesses around the coins, in a plain stock ETF, rather than the coins themselves.
The fund seeks to track an index of global companies that develop, innovate in, and apply blockchain and crypto technologies, providing exposure to firms involved in digital transformation and blockchain applications.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.47% a year, under the 0.56% median for its global thematic peer group.
- Holds listed stocks in an ordinary ETF wrapper. No wallet, no coin custody, no crypto exchange account.ishares.com
- The index is rules-based and refreshes as the blockchain universe shifts, so miners, exchanges and chipmakers move in and out on the rules, not a manager's hunch.blackrock.com
- Casts a global net: US and non-US names both qualify, from an iShares desk that has run index funds for decades.ishares.com
Worth knowing
- About 40 names. A handful of crypto-linked businesses steer the ride, and swings can be far sharper than a broad global index.
- Thinly traded and modest in size, so spreads can run wider than at mega-funds, especially during wild crypto sessions.
- Distributions land annually or semiannually at most. This is a theme basket, not an income holding.
IBLC Holdings
- Stocks
- 42
- 64%
- COIN
Sectors
- Financials69.1%
- Technology26.1%
- Communication3.9%
- Cons. Staples0.8%
- Utilities0.2%
Geography
- United States83.33%
- Australia7.47%
- China5.10%
- Germany1.32%
- Singapore0.93%
- Cayman Islands0.75%
- Israel0.61%
- Hong Kong0.48%
IBLC Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | IBLC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +25.6% |
| 1 month | +11.6% |
| 3 months | −3.4% |
| 1 year | −1.1% |
| 3 years | +52.1% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | IBLC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +25.6% | |
| 2025 | +26.9% | |
| 2024 | +18.6% | |
| 2023 | +201.5% | |
| 2022 | −57.8% |
IBLC in the news
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IBLC Dividends
- 4.98%
- $2.56
- $2.56 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $2.56 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.02 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.47 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.33 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.19 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $0.08 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Jun 15, 2022 | $0.0033 |
IBLC Risk
- 61.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.76
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −62.5%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 3.60
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IBLC Cost
- The middle half of Crypto Industry Stocks funds
- Median 0.65%
3 of the 20 Crypto Industry Stocks funds charge less.