Institutional buyers held 25.4% of the belongings underneath administration (AUM) of spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as of Dec. 31 — totaling $26.8 billion.
K33 Analysis head of analysis Vetle Lunde shared that the share of Bitcoin ETF AUM held by establishments grew 113% between the third and fourth quarters of 2024.
Moreover, the AUM ratio held by establishments elevated by 4.1% quarterly, as the overall quantity jumped 69% to $78.8 billion on the finish of the fourth quarter.
In response to Lunde, the variety of buyers uncovered to Bitcoin by way of ETFs reached 1,576 within the final quarter, a 37.4% quarterly leap. In the meantime, the yearly leap was 68.2%.
IBIT dominance
Lunde’s knowledge additionally revealed that institutional curiosity in BlackRock’s IBIT grew over 4x in 2024.
Establishments reported $16 billion in IBIT shares on the finish of the fourth quarter of final 12 months, in comparison with lower than $4 billion by way of hares on the finish of the primary quarter. Many of the development was recorded between the third and fourth quarters.
Lately, Mubadala Funding Firm, one among Abu Dhabi’s largest sovereign wealth funds, reported almost $437 million in Bitcoin publicity by way of IBIT on the finish of the fourth quarter.
Moreover, the State of Wisconsin Funding Board (SWIB) elevated 110% of its BTC funding by way of IBIT in the identical interval, surpassing $321 million. SWIB realized the shares from different Bitcoin ETFs, equivalent to Grayscale’s GBTC, and as of Dec. 31, solely held publicity by way of BlackRock’s IBIT.
Constancy’s FBTC additionally expanded significantly, almost 100% quarterly. Nevertheless, the overall AUM of institutional holdings remains to be round $5 billion.
In response to Daring Report knowledge, BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF has almost $56.4 billion in AUM, whereas the overall AUM of all different US-traded spot Bitcoin ETFs mixed is $56.9 billion.
