While the German government was on a strong selling spree throughout this week, spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US witnessed heavy accumulation netting inflows of more than $1.1 billion this week. As a result, the Bitcoin price has managed to prevent any major volatility and is currently trading 1.21% up at $57,924 with a market cap of $1.142 trillion.
Bitcoin ETF Holdings Hit All-Time High
The spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US witnessed consecutive inflows for the past six trading sessions. Interestingly, this was the best weekly inflow recorded by BTC ETFs since the month of May. As per data from HODL15Capital, the Bitcoin holdings by the US ETFs have touched an all-time high of 888,607 BTC.
🧮 Updated USA Bitcoin ETF holdings (including today’s inflows).
New all-time high of 888,607 BTC held by the U.S. ETFs 👇 https://t.co/WsdwjZnaN2 pic.twitter.com/HUrEBSNzvi
— HODL15Capital 🇺🇸 (@HODL15Capital) July 13, 2024
As of Friday, July 12, the total inflows of the US Bitcoin ETF stood at a staggering $311 million with BlackRock’s IBIT leading the show with $121 million in inflows. Fidelity’s FBTC stood second with $115 million in inflows on Friday. None of the spot Bitcoin ETFs saw any outflows including Grayscale’s GBTC.
The BlackRock BTC ETF was leading throughout the week netting total inflows of $523 million this week while Fidelity’s FBTC saw $356 million of net inflows this week. With this, the total AUM in BlackRock IBIT has now crossed $18.2 billion while Fidelity’s FBTC AUM is just short of $10 billion since inception.
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Total Global BTC ETFs Holdings At All-Time High
Not only the US BTC ETFs, but global ETFs having exposure to Bitcoin have seen their holdings surge to an all-time high of 1,051,569 BTC.
The Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs have also continued silent accumulation with its total BTC holdings hitting a new record high of 4,941 BTC.
✅ Bitcoin held by the Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Bitcoin ETFs hits record high👇 pic.twitter.com/3GZmN1PlR0
— HODL15Capital 🇺🇸 (@HODL15Capital) July 12, 2024
Interestingly, this development comes with the German government liquidating all of its Bitcoin holdings over the past month. Seems that the inflows into ETFs have managed to successfully absorb the selling pressure on Bitcoin. It also shows that the institutional demand for regulated bitcoin products remains intact despite the current price volatility.
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