As Bitcoin prices rose on Friday, BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF reached a milestone of $2 billion in assets under management as the company’s newly launched product continues to dominate a new class of exchange-traded funds. You are in a position to do it.
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Grayscale’s spot Bitcoin ETF is said to have an AUM of approximately $20 billion. published data According to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts, the product is a conversion of its flagship fund GBTC.
“Bitcoin prices have pushed IBIT’s assets past $2 billion. Adding new flows could eventually push it past $2 billion,” wrote James Seyffart, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. post At X.
Total trading volume for spot Bitcoin ETFs has surpassed $22 billion since investors gained the ability to buy and sell the product earlier this month, according to Yahoo Finance data compiled by The Block. .
As AUM increases, overall trading volume slows down.
The top three spot Bitcoin ETFs by trading volume are provided by Grayscale, BlackRock, and Fidelity, with AUM of nearly $2 billion. Products launched by Ark Invest and Bitwise each manage over $500 million in assets.
Trading volume slowed after the first day of trading, when sales of new products hit $2.3 billion, according to Yahoo Finance data compiled by The Block.
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