Fast Take
On Aug. 5, Bitcoin dropped to as little as $49,000, rebounded, then fell once more. Nonetheless, because the US market opened, the worth of digital belongings started to get better, reaching round $52,000.
In parallel to Bitcoin’s market actions, BlackRock’s IBIT noticed outstanding buying and selling exercise, registering over $1 billion in quantity throughout the first half-hour of buying and selling. This efficiency locations IBIT within the tenth spot amongst conventional ETFs, simply above IVV with $930 million in quantity and barely under HYG with $1.07 billion, in response to Coinglass.
Grayscale’s GBTC and Constancy’s FBTC additionally demonstrated important buying and selling volumes, recording $160 million and $219 million, respectively. In response to Coinglass, the entire buying and selling quantity for Bitcoin ETFs reached $1.71 billion throughout the first half-hour of buying and selling.