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Historic Flip: Bitcoin ETFs On Pace To Surpass Gold ETFs In AUM

In the dynamic financial sector, Bitcoin ETFs are rapidly gaining ground against their gold counterparts, with inflows pushing total assets under management toward record ￰0￱ ETFs are set to overtake gold ETFs in total assets under ￰1￱ ETFs Cement Role As Institutional Gateway To Crypto Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are on the brink of making history ￰2￱ an X post , the Kobeissi Letter, an industry-leading commentary on global capital markets, has revealed that BTC ETFs are on track to surpass Gold ETFs in assets under management (AUM) for the first time in history, marking a historic milestone in global ￰3￱ the past 12 months, AUM in the largest cryptocurrency ETFs has doubled to $150 billion, while gold ETFs have climbed 40% to a record of $180 ￰4￱ comparison highlights how rapidly momentum has ￰5￱ three years ago, gold ETFs were five times larger than Bitcoin ETFs.

Presently, with accelerating inflows into digital asset products, that gap is narrowing at a historic ￰6￱ current trends continue, Bitcoin ETFs could surpass gold ETFs as early as next ￰7￱ is a symbolic flip that underscores the rise of crypto from speculative asset to mainstream portfolio allocation. Lately, ETFs are proving to be the engine behind the current crypto bull ￰8￱ to Ucan_Coin, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, oversees nearly 2,000 funds, with about 1,400 of them being ￰9￱ buy into these funds, while BlackRock earns fees on the assets under management. However, the Bitcoin Spot ETF fee is just 0.25%, but the power lies in scale and ￰10￱ the last two years, ETFs have provided the critical fuel for this rally, with nearly 20% of all liquidity entering crypto now flowing directly from ETF ￰11￱ Ucan_Coin highlights, BlackRock’s IBIT stands ￰12￱ the chart demonstrates, IBIT is the locomotive pulling the entire market, driving inflows and setting the pace for the broader bull ￰13￱ Inflows Signal Rising Institutional Appetite For Bitcoin The US spot Bitcoin ETFs are gaining remarkable momentum, while generating $5 to $10 billion in daily volume on their most active trading ￰14￱ Singh, Co-founder of PushpendraTech and SmartViewAi, has explained that this surge is a clear sign that institutional investors are increasingly seeking regulated exposure to Bitcoin, and ETFs are rapidly becoming their preferred ￰15￱ the ETF boom, Binance continues to dominate the spot market, processing between $10 to $18 billion in daily spot volume and holding a 29% market ￰16￱ is more than double the 13% market share currently held by US-based ETFs, and it puts Binance comfortably ahead of other major exchanges in terms of liquidity.

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