{"id":471735,"date":"2024-01-12T11:47:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T11:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=471735"},"modified":"2024-01-12T11:47:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T11:47:24","slug":"blackrock-fidelity-and-grayscale-dominate-spot-bitcoin-etf-trading-on-first-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/blackrock-fidelity-and-grayscale-dominate-spot-bitcoin-etf-trading-on-first-day","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock, Fidelity And Grayscale Dominate Spot Bitcoin ETF Trading On First Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

BlackRock, Fidelity and Grayscale led the charge during the first day of trading for multiple spot Bitcoin ETF (exchange-traded fund) products yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aggregated data from Yahoo Finance shows that the total volume across the 10 spot Bitcoin ETFs reached more than $4.5 billion. <\/span><\/p>\n

BlackRock’s<\/span><\/a> spot Bitcoin ETF, the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), was the top performer of the newly listed funds, and <\/span>handled<\/span><\/a> just over $1 billion. That’s a remarkable 22% of the collective trading volume recorded yesterday. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fidelity’s spot BTC ETF recorded the second highest amount of trading volume of the new ETF listings during yesterday’s session, with approximately $685 million.\"BlackRock<\/span><\/p>\n

Investors Shift Their Funds From Grayscale To Cheaper Alternatives<\/span><\/h2>\n

Grayscale’s spot Bitcoin <\/span>ETF<\/span><\/a>, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), recorded $2.2 billion in trading volume. Despite GBTC’s clear lead with regards to yesterday’s trading volume, analysts say it is not the best performer in terms of grabbing new spot Bitcoin ETF investments. <\/span><\/p>\n

That’s because the Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF product is a conversion of its multi-billion-dollar Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.<\/span><\/p>\n

Senior Bloomberg ETF analyst, Eric Balchunas said that the majority of the trade volume recorded by GBTC yesterday was likely selling volume, while BlackRock’s BTC ETF witnessed mainly buying.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Re what all these dollars flying around means. For the 10 fresh ETFs volume = buying btc today. Clear cut. But, GBTC volume prob ALL selling and maybe $BITO<\/a> has some too so likely a lot offsetting going on. Just my take tho, not 100%, we'll know more when flows hit tonight<\/p>\n

— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) January 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n