Posted 3/10/2024, 12:53:00 PM
Bitcoin Soars to New Highs as Investor Demand for Spot ETFs Skyrockets
- BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) has accumulated nearly 200K BTC in less than 2 months, more than MicroStrategy's 193K BTC
- IBIT seeing huge inflows, often adding hundreds of millions in BTC daily; it's the largest of the new spot ETF products besides GBTC
- Grayscale's GBTC has lost over 200K BTC since the spot ETFs launched, but still holds around 400K BTC
- Massive demand for new spot bitcoin ETFs is key reason for bitcoin's 60%+ price surge this year
- Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $70,136 on Friday before dropping just under $70K; massive ETF inflows driving new highs