• The Spot Bitcoin ETF recorded a formidable buying and selling quantity of $7.69 billion on February twenty eighth.
• The highest traded ETFs have been BlackRock's IBIT, Grayscale's GBTC, and Constancy's FBTC.
• Bitcoin costs additionally soared on Monday, hitting a excessive of $64,000 earlier than paring positive aspects amid Coinbase community points.

Attributable to continued demand for the just lately permitted Spot Bitcoin ETF, buying and selling quantity has reached a brand new document.

On Wednesday, U.S. Bitcoin Spot ETF quantity reached a staggering $7.69 billion. Wednesday's big buying and selling quantity almost doubled the day prior to this's quantity, in line with market information that tracks the efficiency of those devices.

As has been taking place in current weeks, main the best way is BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Belief (IBIT), with over $3.3 billion accounting for nearly 44% of complete buying and selling quantity. IBIT made greater than $1.3 billion in earnings on Monday.

Grayscale Bitcoin Belief (GBTC) and Constancy Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) additionally crossed the $1 billion milestone, recording $1.86 billion and $1.44 billion, respectively.

RIDIC: New 9 doubled its buying and selling quantity document (set on Monday) with nearly $6 billion in trades. $IBIT Of that, Constancy bought $3.3 billion and Constancy bought $1.4 billion (each twice their earlier data). He additionally doubled the entire variety of transactions, with over 500,000 particular person transactions. $IBIT Alone > $QQQ. pic.twitter.com/ZzB5PWXA4f

— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) February 28, 2024

Commenting on the huge traction, ETF analyst Eric Balchunas famous that the rally seems to have been natural and never pushed by algorithms or arbitrage. He says of X:

“I requested a number of mkt producers and most stated that this quantity is primarily a operate of pure demand and Argo/ARB sort volumes. We’re severely contemplating including the Phrase is Wirehouse platform quickly. I feel the stress on them is certainly growing.They need to see efficiency and receives a commission, however w grassroots calls for are like this, they have to be fast”

Balciunas identified that this enthusiasm can also be mirrored within the Bitcoin futures ETF market. Volumes for BITO, BITX, and BITI are all growing, and the entire Bitcoin ETF is approaching the $10 billion stage.

Bitcoin worth reaches $64,000

Bitcoin costs have been on the rise because the SEC permitted the Spot Bitcoin ETF in January, with the current explosion pushing the worth of the flagship cryptocurrency previous the $64,000 mark. As Bitcoin's halving approaches, analysts say the worth may rise to an all-time excessive of over $100,000 in 2024.

BTC was buying and selling round $62,570 as of Thursday morning, up 5.3% up to now 24 hours and 22% over the previous week.