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Within the previous couple of weeks since spot Bitcoin ETF launched, eight of the ten filers who received approval from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have collected as much as 268,149 BTC items.

Spot Bitcoin ETF Issuers Growing BTC Portfolio

The worth of the collected Bitcoin for the entire ETFs was estimated to be $13.9 billion with BlackRock main the group. 

According to crypto analytics agency Lookonchain, the favored asset administration agency has gathered 119,681 BTC price roughly $6.23 billion. The progress of BlackRock’s Bitcoin portfolio has been comparatively progressive.

As of January 10, BlackRock’s IBIT had 228 Bitcoin in its Portfolio, FBTC 440 BTC, Bitwise Bitcoin ETF 57 BTC, and ARK 21Shares had 210 BTC amongst others. Of all of the ETF candidates on the time, Grayscale GBTC had the best Bitcoin holding (619,162 Bitcoin) whereas Invesco Galaxy had none. 

Since the #Bitcoin ETF launched, 8 ETFs have collected a complete of 268,149 $BTC($13.97B).#iShares(#Blackrock) has collected essentially the most with 119,681 $BTC($6.23B).https://t.co/1Tdx0iAlGK pic.twitter.com/s9GedBKkGR

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) February 19, 2024

One month later, every of those issuers skilled vital progress and efficiently grew their BTC portfolio. 

IBIT’s holdings have jumped to 87,780 BTC, FBTC to 69,434 BTC, and even Invesco has collected 7,568 BTC to date. Not all of the issuers have commensurate progress and moderately than expertise progress like different spot Bitcoin ETF gamers, Grayscale’s portfolio dropped to 466,535 BTC. 

The Overwhelming Grayscale Outflows

The drop in Grayscale’s Bitcoin holding was a results of the huge outflows the platform has seen over the previous few weeks. 

These outflows had been constant, indicating a necessity for extra curiosity from holders. Despite this gloom, in latest occasions, Grayscale’s outflows have reduced to a major stage than when the ETFs had been first greenlighted.

Looking on the present Bitcoin holding of the entire spot Bitcoin ETF issuers, it’s apparent that Grayscale’s portfolio decreased by solely 2,555 Bitcoins between February 15 and February 16. Currently, Grayscale has 459,428 BTC, BlackRock has 115,990 BTC and Franklin Templeton has the bottom Bitcoin holding (1,856 BTC).

Many consultants and market observers consider strongly that the outlook of the Bitcoin ETF market has contributed enormously to the value of Bitcoin. Since the spot Bitcoin ETF market started to file enormous flows, the value of Bitcoin has equally skilled a surge. The coin has a current market value of greater than $52,000 and it nonetheless appears to be like prefer it may garner extra beneficial properties earlier than the upcoming halving occasion.

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