BlackRock’s IBIT ETF Tops U.S. Inflows After Bitcoin Blasts Past $110K

Sat May 24 2025
BlackRock’s IBIT Bitcoin ETF pulled in $877M in a single day following Bitcoin’s all-time high rally, surpassing traditional funds like Vanguard’s VOO and confirming growing institutional crypto adoption.

📈 BlackRock Just Dethroned Wall Street’s Favorite ETF — With Bitcoin

On May 22, BlackRock’s IBIT Bitcoin ETF hauled in 877.18 million — the largest single-day inflow of any ETF in the U.S.

Yes, bigger than Vanguard’s VOO, the SP 500 index tracker and usual inflow king.

Bitcoin just flipped the script — and BlackRock’s holding the pen.


🪙 Why It Happened: Bitcoin Blew Past 110,000

The surge came right after Bitcoin hit a new all-time high above 110K, triggering a wave of institutional FOMO.

Instead of buying spot BTC on exchanges, big players turned to regulated vehicles — and IBIT was the clear winner.

It’s Bitcoin for suits — and they’re all in.


🔥 The IBIT Effect

This isn’t just a good day for one fund — it’s a moment for the market:

  • IBIT saw its second-largest volume day ever
  • Daily trading volume across Bitcoin ETFs doubled
  • Institutional flows are clearly rotating into crypto

Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas summed it up:

“We’re seeing serious rotation into crypto ETFs.”


💼 Why Institutions Love IBIT

It’s not magic — it’s mechanics:

  • 🛡 Regulated exposure = peace of mind
  • 🧠 Strategic hedge = inflation, dollar risk, macro chaos
  • 📱 No wallets, no keys — just ticker symbols and order books

Bitcoin ETFs like IBIT make it frictionless to allocate capital to BTC — without touching a private key.


⚠️ But It’s Still Bitcoin

Let’s not get carried away:

  • Bitcoin is still volatile
  • ETF wrappers don’t eliminate risk
  • Regulation could still shift

But the money is moving, and it’s moving fast — 44.5B+ in net ETF inflows to date.


🧠 TL;DR: IBIT Just Blew Past Wall Street — With Bitcoin as Its Engine

  • 💸 BlackRock’s IBIT pulled in 877M in one day
  • 🥇 Becomes top U.S. ETF by inflow, beating legacy equity funds
  • 📈 Bitcoin ETFs are surging — 8B+ added to IBIT in 5 weeks
  • 🧠 Wall Street no longer ignores BTC — it allocates to it
  • ⚠️ Volatility is real, but institutional adoption is now unstoppable

Lesson: Bitcoin is no longer knocking at the door. It’s already inside the portfolio — and IBIT has the keys.

Crypto is capital markets now. And BlackRock just made it official.

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