Bitcoin ETF

Bitcoin

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<h2 id="key-points">Key Points</h2>
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 <li>BlackRock’s IBIT spot bitcoin ETF has reached $10 billion in assets under management in just seven weeks.</li>
 <li>Grayscale’s GBTC fund has seen a 30% decrease in assets since the introduction of spot bitcoin ETFs.</li>
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<p>BlackRock’s IBIT spot <a href="https://crypto.ro/en/cryptocurrencies/bitcoin/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin</a> exchange-traded fund (ETF) has achieved a significant milestone. Within a span of seven weeks, it has accumulated $10 billion in assets under management (AUM). The fund secured its second-largest daily inflows since its inception on January 11.</p>
<p>In terms of Bitcoin, the IBIT fund now manages over 162,000 BTC, equivalent to $10 billion. This surpasses Fidelity’s FBTC, which manages over 105,000 BTC, or $6.3 billion in assets.</p>
<h2 id="comparative-performance-of-etfs">Comparative Performance of ETFs</h2>
<p>According to Nate Geraci, President of The ETF Store, only about 150 out of 3,400 ETFs have more than $10 billion in AUM. Most of these were launched over a decade ago. Meanwhile, Ark Invest 21 Shares’ ARKB occupies the third position with over 34,000 BTC ($2.1 billion) under management. The newborn nine spot bitcoin ETFs, excluding Grayscale’s converted GBTC fund, now exceed 344,000 BTC in assets ($21 billion).</p>
<p>Contrastingly, Grayscale’s higher fee GBTC fund has experienced a 30% drop to just over 432,000 BTC ($27 billion) from around 619,000 BTC ($38 billion) since the spot bitcoin ETFs began trading.</p>
<h2 id="inflows-and-outflows">Inflows and Outflows</h2>
<p>IBIT recorded inflows of $603.9 million recently, just short of the $612.1 million record inflows it generated previously. However, these inflows were largely offset by $598.9 million in outflows from Grayscale’s converted fund. Fidelity’s FBTC saw $44.8 million worth of inflows and Bitwise’s BITB $21.7 million.</p>
<p>There has also been a surge in outflows from Europe’s largest bitcoin exchange-traded products recently. Analysts suggest this could be due to a switch to U.S. ETFs or some profit-taking. Since January 11, 2024, there has been an outflow of $344m from the big 6 European bitcoin ETPs, $50m of which occurred on February 29, 2024.</p>
<p>Net inflows for all the U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs combined were $92.4 million recently, a significant drop from the record $673.4 million in net inflows previously. Bitcoin investment vehicles absorbed 119,604 BTC ($7.4 billion) globally in February, according to Vetle Lunde, a K33 Research analyst.</p>
<h2 id="trading-volume">Trading Volume</h2>
<p>The U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs also recorded the second-largest trading volume of $4.74 billion recently, following a record volume of $7.64 billion as bitcoin’s price reached a high of $64,000. The trading volume was led by BlackRock’s IBIT, registering $1.9 billion, with Grayscale’s GBTC and Fidelity’s FBTC generating $1.37 billion and $1.01 billion, respectively.</p>
<p>Bitcoin is currently trading at $62,103, down 0.6% over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin saw a nearly 45% increase in February, marking the largest monthly percentage gain since December 2020.</p>

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Surpasses $10 Billion in Assets Under Management

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