BlackRock Expands Digital Assets Team with Global Hiring Push
BlackRock is significantly expanding its digital assets team with new roles across New York, London, and Singapore to enhance its work in tokenization, stablecoins, and crypto market structure.
Robert Mitchnick, who leads the firm's digital assets strategy, confirmed that BlackRock is hiring multiple leadership roles spanning product strategy, research, fund services, and compliance with a focus on EMEA markets.
Open positions range from associate to senior leadership levels. In New York, a managing director role offering a salary between $270,000 and $350,000 is tasked with overseeing cross-firm digital assets initiatives linked to crypto assets, stablecoins, and tokenization.
In Singapore, an MD position is open to lead digital assets strategy across Asia Pacific, involving the development of a multi-year commercial plan, regulatory engagement, and distribution mapping through banks, brokers, crypto exchanges, and fintech platforms.
The company's listings reveal a global build-out centered on digital asset tokenization and controls, including roles in fund services and financial crime compliance alongside legal coverage for EMEA.
The job postings require a hybrid working model, with four days in person and one day remote.
This hiring drive follows BlackRock's increased crypto involvement marked by the launch of a spot Bitcoin ETF, a tokenized institutional liquidity fund on Ethereum, and the inclusion of the iShares Bitcoin Trust as a leading 2025 investment theme.
Tokenization is a crucial element of BlackRock's broader strategy. Its BUIDL fund is already integrated into market infrastructure and accepted as collateral at Binance, marking a milestone for tokenized Treasuries in institutional workflows.
Collectively, the new roles indicate BlackRock's intent to professionalize the full digital assets stack—from product and market structure through risk, compliance, and regional execution—as it positions itself for the next phase of crypto expansion.
