Spot Ethereum ETFs also reached a new high in cumulative total net inflows, as Wall Street's crypto funds grow larger than ever.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
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Bitcoin rose 5.5% above $117,000 to reach a new all-time high on early Friday morning, while spot bitcoin ETFs recorded massive inflows.
After rallying above May’s all-time high of about $118k on Wednesday, Bitcoin (BTC) price has rallied to a new all-time high of above $113,700 on Thursday, during the mid-North American session. The flagship coin is now in price discovery mode, which could lead to more bullish momentum in the coming days and possibly weeks. Bitcoin’s …
Institutional interest in Bitcoin continues to soar, and spot Bitcoin ETFs are leading the charge. Just 18 months after their launch in January 2024, these investment products have now attracted over $50 billion in net inflows. The strong demand reflects growing confidence from big-money players, and the rally shows no signs of slowing down. $218M …
U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs have attracted billions in investor capital over three months amid political pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut rates.
The $50 billion mark in cumulative net inflows is a defining moment for bitcoin's institutionalization, one analyst commented.
Spot Bitcoin ETF AUM continues to rise, sitting around $146 billion, reflecting sustained institutional interest despite market volatility.
In a conversation with The Bitcoin Economy podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst James Seyffart argued that the next, and potentially largest, leg of institutional demand for spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds will not come from pension funds, endowments, or sovereign wealth managers. Instead, it will arise when the country’s fragmented network of registered investment advisers (RIAs) finally gains full discretionary clearance to recommend Bitcoin ETFs to ordinary clients. “The biggest bull case for the ETFs has been the unlocking of RIAs in 2025,” Seyffart said. “Right now the vast majority of the assets are stuck in that middle ground where, if a client specifically asks to buy a Bitcoin ETF, the adviser can act—but the adviser cannot initiate the recommendation.” The Biggest Bull Case For Bitcoin In 2025 Seyffart broke the compliance bottleneck into a traffic-light schema that most financial advisers will recognise. A red-light firm bars Bitcoin entirely; a yellow-light firm permits unsolicited purchases (“If you come to me and ask for it, I can do it”); and a green-light firm allows the adviser to solicit an allocation (“I can recommend that you put two percent of your portfolio in Bitcoin”). Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Liquidity Lifeline Just Got Cut—What You Need To Know Wire-house broker–dealers—which still custody trillions of dollars—largely remain in the red or yellow camps, paralysed by multi-year due-diligence committees. Independent RIAs, by contrast, “were the early adopters,” Seyffart noted, because they “don’t have to wait for a due-diligence team of a bunch of people sitting in New York.” Yet even among independents, most advisers outsource portfolio construction to centralised model portfolios; until those models flag Bitcoin ETFs as eligible holdings, discretionary uptake will stay muted. Seyffart’s focus on 2025 is calendrical, not calendrical: the first full-calendar year after launch gives compliance teams twelve months of daily NAV history—often a hard requirement before a new ETF can graduate from yellow to green status. “Usually it can take two to three years before an ETF gets approved,” he said, but the extraordinary size and liquidity of the spot-Bitcoin cohort is already accelerating that cycle. Crucially, the next Form 13F reporting deadline on 15 August 2025 will reveal second-quarter holdings as of 30 June. Seyffart expects the data to confirm that “a lot more RIAs have come online and [are] buying this for their clients,” providing the first concrete measure of green-light conversions. Related Reading: Bitcoin In For Another 460% Run? This Rare Fiat Signal Just Returned If the gatekeeping retreats, model-portfolio architects can incorporate Bitcoin’s historically uncorrelated returns into strategic-allocation frameworks. That in turn would grant advisers legal cover to solicit Bitcoin exposure, unleashing a flywheel of inflows. Seyffart cautioned that the same compliance teams will demand iron-clad fiduciary justifications—volatility, custody and tax treatment remain live concerns—but he argued that the ETFs now provide a wrapper familiar to any wealth platform. Seyffart’s thesis is that the moment a critical mass of compliance committees flips from yellow to green—allowing advisers to recommend Bitcoin rather than merely transact it—flows could dwarf everything seen to date. Whether that inflection arrives in the next 12 months will determine, in his view, “the biggest bull case for Bitcoin.” At press time, BTC traded at $108,250. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
BlackRock’s IBIT becomes third-largest revenue driver among nearly 1,200 funds as spot bitcoin ETFs reshape the investment landscape.
IBIT dominates the other spot Bitcoin ETFs by AUM, accounting for approximately 56% of their total 1.25 million BTC holdings.
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs notched up another $1 billion worth of net inflows over the past two days to approach $50 billion to date.
Two major Russian insurance firms, Renaissance Life and BCS Life Insurance, have launched investment life insurance policies (ILIPs) linked to Bitcoin, according to a July 2 local media report. According to the report, the innovative policies allow investors to gain exposure to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), the largest Bitcoin ETF by assets under management. […]
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
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The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
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