Outflows from the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) have cooled off again after a brief spike in sales last week, reaching new lows since the fund officially converted into an ETF in January.
On Friday, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs saw $232.2 million of net inflows, which included $44.2 million of outflows from GBTC. This followed a day of only $55.7 million of outflows on Thursday, both marking the lowest daily outflows from Grayscale in the past 45 days.
Bitcoin ETF Flow – 24 Feb 2024
All data now in, except perhaps for the Galaxy/Invesco product
Friday was a strong day, with +$232.3m of net inflow. Also, the outflow for GBTC was just $44m, lowest level since 11th Jan pic.twitter.com/1Q0OtjEJLt
— BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) February 24, 2024
Grayscale’s fund has suffered non-stop losses after converting into an ETF on January 11, now totaling $7.4 billion. Since GBTC charges a much higher management fee than rival funds controlled by BlackRock and Fidelity, new investors have little reason to buy into Grayscale for Bitcoin exposure, particularly for long-term HODLing.
Many pre-existing investors in Grayscale also sold their holdings immediately after ETFs went live, cashing out on
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