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Citadel Securities added as an authorized participant of iShares Bitcoin Trust, April 2024

In April 2024 BlackRock added five authorized participants, Citadel Securities among them, bringing the total to nine.

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An authorized participant creates and redeems shares of an exchange-traded fund. It does not own the fund or its sponsor.

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Citadel Securities added as an authorized participant Scholarship & press 1
CoinDesk first wrote that the hedge fund Citadel was added and corrected it to Citadel Securities, the market maker. Banks and a clearing firm were added the same day.
BlackRock sponsor of the trust Scholarship & press 1

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Apr 2024 Citadel Securities added as an authorized participant of iShares Bitcoin Trust, April 2024

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BlackRock Adds Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, UBS as APs for Bitcoin ETF, CoinDesk, 5 Apr 2024. Scholarship & press Archived copy
BlackRock has added Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, UBS, Citadel Securities and ABN AMRO as authorized participants for the iShares Bitcoin Trust.
Corrects the mention of Citadel, the hedge fund, to Citadel Securities, the market maker as an authorized participant.
has added five additional authorized participants (APs) to the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), bringing the total number to nine

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