黑石的比特币ETF现在拥有比它的竞争对手,长期以来的灰色规模比特币信托基金,更多的比特币.
And, as K33 Research senior analyst Vetle Lunde pointed out 在Twitter上, "IBIT needed only 96 days to close GBTC's huge lead."
When U.S. markets closed on Tuesday, the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) had 288,671 BTC compared to GBTC's 287,454. The flip happened after GBTC saw 5 million worth of outflows and IBIT saw 2 million worth of inflows on Tuesday, according to 玻璃.
At times, analysts thought IBIT would 快速地关闭这个沟 than it did. And GBTC has seen brief spikes in deposits—although it's possible traders were 使用股票来缩短比特币.
The news comes just a day after the Bitcoin fund category reaches a significant milestone, now holding a total of 一百万元BTC. The total, tracked and calculated by 资本, isn't just limited to the nine new U.S. ETFs and newly converted GBTC. It also includes ETFs in Germany, Canada, and the recently launched funds that are 现在在香港交易.
格雷斯卡尔认为,其旗舰基金不会被黑石翻转.
During a podcast interview in April, former Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein said that the firm had expected a spike in outflows after it was converted and in direct competition with funds that 收费较低, but that it was reaching "equilibrium."
"我们知道进入这个问题,预计会有一些外流",他当时说. "GBTC是加密生态系统周围的一些破产业内的担保".
即使在现场比特币ETF获得批准开始交易之前,也很明显新手们认为降低GBTC的费用是获得优势的最简单方法.GBTC收取1.5%的费用.但竞争对手比特币ETF的费用最高为0.25%,许多基金在首次推出时提供了更低的费用,或者根本没有费用.
Grayscale has more recently announced that Sonnenshein will be 退出 in August, although it didn't make any mention of GBTC.
