Key Takeaways
- Bitcoin ETFs, encompassing spot, futures, and leveraged products, surpass gold ETFs in assets under management, reaching $129.25B compared to $128B for gold funds.
- Analysts predict that with daily inflows of half a billion dollars, spot Bitcoin ETFs will exceed gold ETFs by 2025, solidifying Bitcoin's role as a leading institutional investment asset.
Bitcoin ETFs Overtake Gold in Assets
Bitcoin ETFs, encompassing spot, futures, and leveraged products, have overtaken gold ETFs in terms of assets under management (AUM), reaching $129.25 billion compared to $128 billion for gold funds.
Despite this, spot gold ETFs still hold more assets than spot Bitcoin ETFs, with $125B compared to $121B.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs, launched just 11 months ago, have seen significant interest from institutional investors.
The 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US collectively hold over 1.1M BTC.
Bitcoin ETFs now account for 1% of all US ETFs, with BlackRock's IBIT being the most successful ETF launch since 2014.
Future Predictions for Bitcoin Investment
With daily inflows of half a billion dollars, analysts predict Bitcoin ETFs will continue to grow.
By 2025, it's expected that spot Bitcoin ETFs will definitively surpass gold ETFs in assets under management.
Analysts like Vetle Lunde of K33 Research and Eric Balchunas of Bloomberg confirm this shift in investment trends.
