According to @santimentfeed, a combined net inflow of $5.17B has moved into Bitcoin ETFs since late September, coinciding with BTC reaching a $125.8K all-time high on Monday, source: Santiment post on X dated Oct 8, 2025 and Santiment Bitcoin ETF net inflow/outflow dashboard. According to @santimentfeed, $2.83B of these inflows came from BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) over the last six trading days, source: Santiment post on X dated Oct 8, 2025. According to @santimentfeed, institutional money is a key proponent of crypto markets moving toward historical levels, source: Santiment post on X dated Oct 8, 2025. Traders can monitor aggregate ETF net flows and IBIT contributions via the Santiment Bitcoin ETF flows dashboard to track institutional participation, source: Santiment Bitcoin ETF net inflow/outflow dashboard.

According to the source, spot Bitcoin ETF trading volume surpassed $7.5 billion today. For trading, monitor BTC basis between ETFs and spot, intraday volatility, and order book spreads as liquidity conditions shift in response to the reported volume surge.

According to the source, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) is already the firm’s most profitable ETF by fee revenue, surpassing older iShares funds as AUM and sponsor fees scale with BTC. Source: the source. IBIT charges a 0.25% sponsor fee and holds spot Bitcoin with Coinbase Custody, aligning revenue directly with BTC price and net inflows—key metrics traders can monitor for liquidity signals. Source: iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) prospectus, BlackRock; SEC EDGAR. IBIT operates with daily creations and redemptions via authorized participants, making its AUM, creation activity, and premium/discount to NAV useful signals for BTC spot demand and liquidity during U.S. trading hours. Source: iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) prospectus, BlackRock. Traders can track AUM, daily flows, and NAV data on the iShares IBIT fund page to assess intraday liquidity conditions for BTC and adjust exposure timing. Source: iShares IBIT fund page, BlackRock.

According to @FarsideUK, US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $1,190.1 million in total net inflows on 2025-10-06, based on Farside Investors data. Farside Investors reported IBIT with $970 million of net inflows, which is approximately 81.5 percent of the day’s total based on Farside Investors data. Farside Investors data show FBTC at $112.3 million (about 9.4 percent) and BITB at $60.1 million (about 5.0 percent), alongside BTC at $30.6 million, BTCO at $7.5 million, BTCW at $6 million, and EZBC at $3.6 million, according to Farside Investors. Farside Investors further noted zero net flows for ARKB, BRRR, and GBTC, with HODL effectively zero based on the reported Farside Investors totals. Farside Investors data indicate inflows were highly concentrated in IBIT, underscoring issuer concentration within the day’s BTC-linked product demand.

According to the source, the provided claim cannot be used because the author is a competing crypto media outlet; please share a verifiable primary dataset or neutral source (e.g., issuer flow disclosures from BlackRock iShares IBIT, Fidelity FBTC, Ark 21Shares ARKB, Bitwise BITB, VanEck HODL, Invesco Galaxy BTCO, Franklin EZBC, Valkyrie BRRR; or third-party datasets such as Bloomberg, Nasdaq, Morningstar, Farside Investors, SoSoValue; or SEC filings) so we can validate the $1.19B figure, compute net inflows by ticker, and assess trading impact on BTC spot liquidity, GBTC offset, futures basis, and perps funding. No trading conclusions are provided until a compliant source is supplied.

According to the source, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) bought 7,720 BTC worth $969.95M on Oct 6, 2025. This claim has not been independently validated via BlackRock iShares’ official IBIT daily holdings disclosure or SEC filings at the time of writing, per BlackRock iShares and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Per BlackRock’s IBIT prospectus, spot creations are backed by physical bitcoin held with the custodian, so confirmed net creations of this size would reflect material BTC acquisition via the primary market, a factor traders track for liquidity and basis dynamics, per the BlackRock iShares IBIT prospectus. To validate and quantify trading impact before positioning, market participants should check BlackRock iShares’ IBIT daily holdings and DTCC share creation data, per BlackRock iShares and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation.

According to the source, institutional crypto funds recorded a record $5.95B of net inflows last week, the largest on record, according to CoinShares’ Digital Asset Fund Flows report. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) is nearing $100B in assets under management, indicating sustained ETF-driven demand for BTC, according to Eric Balchunas of Bloomberg Intelligence. Bitcoin supply held on exchanges has fallen to a six-year low, a metric Glassnode tracks that traders often interpret as tighter liquid supply. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated he is feeling bullish on US crypto regulation and that clear rules are on the way, according to Brian Armstrong on X. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao’s net worth reached $87.3B and ranked 21st globally, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list.

According to Eric Balchunas, Bitcoin hit a new all-time high last night as spot crypto ETFs added approximately $3.3 billion over the past week, signaling strong demand via regulated vehicles, source: Eric Balchunas on X, Oct 5, 2025. He reports year-to-date ETF inflows of $24 billion into crypto funds, source: Eric Balchunas on X, Oct 5, 2025. IBIT and ETHA each recorded about $10 billion of inflows this month, ranking 3rd and 4th overall among ETFs by monthly flows, source: Eric Balchunas on X, Oct 5, 2025. Cumulative lifetime flows for the cohort have reached $60 billion, marking a new high-water mark, source: Eric Balchunas on X, Oct 5, 2025.

According to @FarsideUK, BlackRock’s US spot Bitcoin ETF posted a US$791.6 million net inflow on Oct 4, 2025 (source: Farside Investors on X, Oct 4, 2025; farside.co.uk/btc). This figure is part of Farside’s daily US Bitcoin ETF flow tracking and is reported in US dollars (source: Farside Investors on X, Oct 4, 2025; farside.co.uk/btc). Traders monitoring BTC liquidity and near-term sentiment can review the issuer-by-issuer breakdown and disclaimers on Farside’s dashboard for context and any revisions (source: farside.co.uk/btc). The post did not include other issuers’ flows; consult the dashboard for complete daily totals and subsequent updates (source: Farside Investors on X, Oct 4, 2025; farside.co.uk/btc).

According to the source, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) recorded creations totaling 3,930 BTC valued at approximately $466.5 million on Oct. 2, 2025, source: X post dated Oct. 3, 2025. Under the ETF creation process, authorized participants obtain or deliver spot BTC to create new IBIT shares, which can concentrate execution and affect intraday liquidity on major venues, source: iShares Bitcoin Trust prospectus filed with the U.S. SEC. The reported 3,930 BTC equals roughly 8.7 days of post-April 2024 issuance at about 450 BTC per day, indicating material buy-side absorption versus new supply, source: Bitcoin.org Developer Guide on block subsidy (3.125 BTC per block) and the standard 144 blocks per day estimate. Traders can monitor U.S. session liquidity, CME BTC futures basis, and spot-futures spreads for confirmation of AP hedging and cash creations tied to ETF inflows, source: CME Group Bitcoin futures product materials and market structure notes.

According to @FarsideUK via farside.co.uk/btc, US Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded total net inflows of 627.2 million dollars on 2025-10-02. According to @FarsideUK, the reported breakdown was IBIT 466.5 million, FBTC 89.6 million, ARKB 45.2 million, BITB 11.2 million, HODL 1.7 million, GBTC 2.8 million, and BTC 10.2 million, while BTCO, EZBC, BRRR, and BTCW showed zero flow, based on the same source. According to @FarsideUK, IBIT accounted for the majority of the day’s net creations, with IBIT and FBTC together representing the bulk of inflows by value, per the same dataset.

According to @FarsideUK, BlackRock’s US spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) recorded a daily flow of $466.5 million on Oct 3, 2025, as reported by Farside Investors on its Bitcoin ETF flow dataset at farside.co.uk/btc. Farside Investors’ dashboard publishes issuer-by-issuer daily flows for US spot Bitcoin ETFs, allowing traders to reference the BlackRock figure alongside other issuers for the same date, source: farside.co.uk/btc.

According to Eric Balchunas, IBIT options open interest has reached $38 billion and IBIT has surpassed Deribit as the largest venue for bitcoin options (source: Eric Balchunas on X, Oct 2, 2025). According to Eric Balchunas, this underscores that ETFs are materially impacting options activity and that "fat crypto margins" are in trouble (source: Eric Balchunas on X, Oct 2, 2025). According to Eric Balchunas, the data point was surfaced by Sidharth Shukla (source: Eric Balchunas on X, Oct 2, 2025).

According to Eric Balchunas, GLD and IBIT ranked among the Top 10 U.S. ETFs by trading volume today, a rare occurrence he described as part of the Debaser Trade. source: Eric Balchunas on X, Oct 2, 2025 This highlights unusually high trading activity in gold exposure via GLD and Bitcoin exposure via the iShares Bitcoin Trust IBIT. source: Eric Balchunas on X, Oct 2, 2025; source: BlackRock iShares IBIT fund page GLD tracks the SPDR Gold Trust while IBIT provides spot Bitcoin exposure, making today’s volume mix directly relevant for gold and BTC sentiment during U.S. cash hours. source: State Street Global Advisors SPDR Gold Shares overview; source: BlackRock iShares IBIT fund page

According to @FarsideUK, US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded total net inflows of 675.8 million dollars on 2025-10-01, led by IBIT at 405.5 million, FBTC at 179.3 million, and BITB at 59.4 million; ARKB added 5.9 million and HODL added 6.6 million, while GBTC registered 9.2 million and a BTC-labeled fund registered 9.9 million. source: @FarsideUK https://farside.co.uk/btc Zero flows were reported for BTCO, EZBC, BRRR, and BTCW for the day; the full dataset and methodology are available for traders tracking BTC ETF creations and redemptions. source: @FarsideUK https://farside.co.uk/btc

According to @FarsideUK, BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF recorded a US$199.4 million daily flow on Oct 2, 2025. Source: Farside Investors (@FarsideUK); farside.co.uk/btc. The figure is reported in US dollars with full data and disclaimers available on Farside’s Bitcoin ETF tracker for verification. Source: Farside Investors (@FarsideUK); farside.co.uk/btc.

According to the source, U.S. regulators at the SEC and CFTC are moving to harmonize crypto rules, signaling that a turf war is over (source: source post on X dated Sep 30, 2025). According to the source, BlackRock’s IBIT has surpassed Deribit to become the largest venue for Bitcoin (BTC) options (source: source post on X dated Sep 30, 2025). According to the source, Swift and Visa are using blockchain to address cross-border payments (source: source post on X dated Sep 30, 2025). Trading implications: If confirmed by primary releases from the SEC, CFTC, BlackRock, Swift, and Visa, traders should monitor BTC options open interest and implied volatility across U.S.-listed ETF options versus crypto-native venues, dispersion between BTC spot and derivatives basis, and headline risk around regulatory harmonization that could shift liquidity toward regulated venues.

According to @EricBalchunas, IBIT now owns 3.8% of all the bitcoin, and an equity ETF would need about $2.2 trillion in assets to control a comparable share of its asset class. Source: @EricBalchunas. According to @EricBalchunas, SPY owns roughly 1.1% of most stocks despite being 32 years old, while IBIT is still very new, highlighting the unusually rapid concentration of BTC exposure in a single ETF. Source: @EricBalchunas.

According to the source, Bloomberg reports BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has become the largest BTC options venue with nearly 38 billion dollars in open interest, overtaking Deribit at roughly 32 billion dollars, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg states these figures offer traders a concrete benchmark to track positioning and liquidity in BTC options.

According to @FarsideUK, US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a total net inflow of 518 million dollars on 2025-09-29, based on their daily tracker of creations and redemptions for each fund, source: Farside Investors data https://farside.co.uk/btc and @FarsideUK post dated Sep 30, 2025. According to @FarsideUK, individual flows were FBTC +298.7 million, ARKB +62.2 million, BITB +47.2 million, BTC +47.1 million, BTCO +35.3 million, HODL +30.7 million, GBTC +26.9 million, EZBC +16.5 million, with BRRR and BTCW at 0, and IBIT at -46.6 million, source: Farside Investors data https://farside.co.uk/btc and @FarsideUK post dated Sep 30, 2025. According to @FarsideUK, FBTC contributed approximately 58 percent of the day’s net inflow and IBIT’s outflow reduced the aggregate by about 9 percent, calculated from the reported figures of 298.7 million and -46.6 million against the 518 million total, source: Farside Investors data https://farside.co.uk/btc and @FarsideUK post dated Sep 30, 2025. According to @FarsideUK, these figures provide a daily view of US spot Bitcoin ETF demand across issuers and tickers that traders track for flow-driven positioning in BTC, source: Farside Investors data hub https://farside.co.uk/btc and @FarsideUK post dated Sep 30, 2025.