- The trading volumes of spot BTC ETFs secured a new high of $2.4 billion on Tuesday, excluding Grayscale’s GBTC.
- Bitcoin broke above $56,000, making a two-year high.
- BlackRock’s spot BTC ETF (IBIT) recorded $1.29 billion in daily trading volume.
The trading volumes for the “new nine” spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) reached an all-time high of $2.4 billion on February 26, eclipsing the previous record set on the first trading day, January 11. However, the soaring figures exclude volume from Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF product (GBTC).
The spike in trading volumes coincided with Bitcoin’s meteoric rise, touching $56,660 on Monday—a two-year all-time high but still trailing the peak of $69,044 reached on November 10, 2021, according to CoinMarketCap data.
As per prominent analyst, Eric Balchunas, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) dominated the market, recording $1.29 billion in trading volume on February 26—a staggering 30% increase, setting its own daily record. Following closely, Fidelity’s FBTC secured the second position with $576 million in trading volume.
Notable inflows were also reported from ARK 21Shares (ARKB) and Bitwise (BITB) ETFs, accumulating $276 million and $81 million, respectively.
Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart, along with Balchunas, observed the unprecedented volume surge, with Seyffart noting that February 26 marked the second-largest trading day at $3.2 billion when including Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF flows.
Balchunas suggested earlier on Monday that trading volumes often surge at the beginning of the trading week. Notably, IBIT’s achievement of surpassing the $1 billion milestone highlighted its position as the 11th highest-volume ETF, an impressive feat given that BlackRock’s offering has ten other competitors.BitMEX data indicates that over $583 million flowed into spot Bitcoin ETFs during the previous four-day trading week (Feb 20 to 23).
The year-to-date inflows have now surpassed $5.5 billion, with IBIT, FBTC, ARKB, and BITB leading the pack with $5.9 billion, $4 billion, $1.4 billion, and $1 billion in inflows, respectively. In contrast, GBTC experienced outflows of $7.4 billion.
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