BlackRock’s IBIT buys $195.6 million of Bitcoin in a day, $1.57 billion over the past month
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF buying remained elevated over the past month, with one report placing the total at $1.57 billion and another saying it topped $1.5 billion. One piece also breaks out a single day of $195.6 million in Bitcoin purchases through IBIT.
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Compared with earlier periods, the practical change is that BlackRock’s IBIT has added more Bitcoin to its holdings while staying the market’s dominant Bitcoin ETF. What has not changed is that the buying is still happening through the ETF structure rather than some different vehicle.
Market reaction
The move was larger before the first headline than after. That is an observation, not an explanation: the market also moves on things nobody publishes.
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