BlackRock's IBIT Enters Top 20 ETFs by Assets, Sees Biggest Inflow Since Mid-August

Farside data shows that bitcoin U. S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their largest inflow since Sept. 10, with $675.8 million. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) captured the majority, taking in $405.5 million, it's biggest inflow since Aug. 14 and pushing its total net inflows to $61.376 ￰0￱ surge coincided with bitcoin climbing over $119,000, a 4% gain on the ￰1￱ to Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas , IBIT has entered the top 20 ETFs by assets for the first time, reaching $90.7 ￰2￱ launching in January 2024, IBIT is up 175%.

Balchunas noted that IBIT entering the top 10 ETFs by assets may not be far off, setting December 2026 as a potential target. “Someone asked me how long till Top ￰3￱ is $50 billion ￰4￱ the last 12 months are repeated, it may not take ￰5￱ took in $40 billion over the past year and gained 85%. That said, those other ETFs are growing too so I don’t ￰6￱ forced, I’d set the over/under for Christmas 2026,” Balchunas ￰7￱ Wednesday, bitcoin’s 4% rise came just short of a top 10 daily performance in ￰8￱ from Velo shows that Wednesday has been, on average over the past year, the most bullish day for bitcoin, while Thursday has been the most bearish.