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Goldman Sachs is set to significantly expand its presence in the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) market with the acquisition of Innovator Capital Management in a deal valued at approximately $2 billion. This acquisition will bring the issuer of defined-outcome ETFs, including a Bitcoin structured fund, under Goldman Sachs’ asset management umbrella. The transaction, expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, will add roughly $28 billion in assets under supervision (AUS) to Goldman Sachs’ Asset Management, which reported $3.45 trillion AUS at the end of the third quarter. Goldman Sachs stated that the purchase will broaden its plans for active and defined-outcome ETFs, a fund type that employs options to limit potential losses and set the amount of asset gains investors can capture over a specified period. For example, Innovator’s QBF ETF, launched in February, utilizes FLEX options referencing Bitcoin ETFs or the Cboe Bitcoin US ETF Index to mirror a portion of Bitcoin’s gains while capping quarterly losses at 20%. Its current 71% participation rate means the fund is designed to capture 71% of any positive Bitcoin (BTC) price movement over that period. As of Friday, Innovator reported that QBF held approximately $19.3 million in market value. ### Goldman Sachs' Evolving Stance on Crypto Having initially dismissed cryptocurrencies as unsuitable for client portfolios in 2020, Goldman Sachs has since adopted a more bullish stance on crypto and blockchain technology. From 2020 to 2024, the US investment bank participated in 18 investments in blockchain companies, positioning itself among the most active global backers of early-stage companies in the sector. In the second quarter of 2024, it purchased approximately $419 million worth of Bitcoin ETF shares, according to CoinShares’ analysis of quarterly 13F filings. In the final quarter of 2024, SEC filings revealed that Goldman acquired nearly $1.28 billion of iShares Bitcoin Trust and $288 million of Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund. The bank also increased its Ethereum ETF exposure that quarter to $476 million through BlackRock’s and Fidelity’s Ether (ETH) products. The bank is also reportedly developing a new entity designed to issue and trade tokenized financial instruments. In July, Cointelegraph reported that Goldman Sachs was preparing to offer institutional clients access to tokenized money market funds with 24/7 settlement and blockchain-based ownership tracking.
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