BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Posts Record Single-Day Outflows
Main points
- On Thursday, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust set a new record for single-day outflows of $332.6 million.
- This brings IBIT outflows this week to nearly $393 million.
- Other Bitcoin ETFs saw small inflows, and the Ethereum ETF saw a net outflow of $77.5.
- Despite a lackluster start to the new year, analysts expect Bitcoin prices to rise to $180,000 or higher in 2025.
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (it will goIt experienced its largest single-day net outflows on Thursday, with investors withdrawing as much as $332.6 million, according to data from Farside Investors.
IBIT is the largest of all Bitcoin ETFs, with net assets of approximately $54 billion. The record outflow comes amid Strong performance in 2024when IBIT accumulated over $37 billion in inflows and helped push Bitcoin to December hits all-time high, breaking $108,000.
Thursday was the third consecutive day of outflows from IBIT, with outflows totaling nearly $393 million this week.
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas doesn’t necessarily view the activity as a bearish indicator. Balchunas posted on
Other Bitcoin ETFs saw small inflows on their first day of trading in 2025; however, these flows were far from enough to make up for IBIT’s outflows.
For example, IBIT competitors Bitwise’s BITB and Fidelity’s FBTC reported inflows of $48 million and $36 million, respectively. Ethereum ETFs also underperformed overall, with a total outflow of $77.5 million, according to data from Farside Investors.
Bitcoin is currently priced around $98,000. Some analysts believe crypto assets will rise to All-time high of $180,000 or more in 2025potential nation-state adoption is considered a key metric to watch this year.